Crystal's One Night of Love

It was eight in the evening when Henry sent Crystal back home.

The golden Bentley Continental siowly came to a halt in front of the Winters residence. Then, the clicking of car locks echoed across the small space.

He had locked the doors,

Crystal turned to him with a panicked look. “This is too fast, Henry!”

He only needed to use ten percent of his charm with twenty-year-old Crystal. With a smirk, he teased, “I haven’t even done anything yet. How am I fast?”

Her checks blushed at his innuendo.

Despite being inexperienced, she could still understand what he was implying.

Henry admired the pink blush on her cheeks briefly and decided to stop teasing her, not wanting to put her in a difficult spot.

He helped her unfasten the seatbelt, then gently brushed her hair to the side.

The narrow space in the car began to heat up.

Crystal started to feel nervous as it was her first time being in that situation with a man, and there was an unfamiliar look of lust in his eyes.

Right when her heart was racing, Henry leaned closer.

His voice was even more enticing than the darkness.

“I want to kiss you.”

An expression as if a baby animal was at a loss crossed Crystal’s face.

Feeling stirred, he pulled her to sit on his lap.

Crystal did not know what she should do.

The tip of his nose brushed hers. He looked at her fair cheeks and said in a hoarse voice, “Put your arms. around my neck.”

Crystal didn’t dare to at first, but slowly, she reached her hands out to his shoulders.

She even lowered her head to avoid looking at him. Her young, inexperienced body was shivering.

It’s just a kiss and she’s this afraid.

Henry wrapped an arm around her waist while he lifted her chin with his other hand before leaning down to kiss her, alternating between deep and shallow kisses.

Feeling a stronger desire, he started to go further, but Crystal was unwilling.

She leaned on his shoulders and held his hands in a death grip.

“You’re not allowed to touch me!”

Although she had feelings for him, she was still clear-headed. They had just started to date and get to know. each other not long ago. Even kissing was crossing the line, much less something more.

Hearing her cry with a soft, pleading voice, Henry snapped out of his haze.

I was being irrational. In my heart, she’s already my wife, so it feels right no matter what I do to her, but I’m just a random stranger to the twenty-year-old her.

He scanned the woman in his arms. Her dress had slid down to her midriff. The straps were hanging down. her lean arms, making her look alluring.

Henry’s heart softened.

He gently pulled her dress back up and fastened the buttons.

He kissed her cheeks, tenderly and dotingly. “Don’t cry. I won’t touch you.”

Crystal wanted to get off his lap, but he wouldn’t let her.

Keeping his arm around her waist, he leaned forward, reached for a pack of cigarettes from the glovebox, and took a stick of cigarette from the box.

He lit it with one hand and took a deep drag.

Crystal couldn’t stand the smell of smoke. “I don’t want to breathe in secondhand smoke.”

Boldly, she took the cigarette from his lips and held it in her hand. Yet she did not know where to throw it. Henry thought her flustered look was adorable.

He leaned forward and took the cigarette back with his hips.

Then he kissed her again and said, “I’ll only smoke half of it, then I’ll let you go home.”

Crystal fell silent at his promise and obediently rested against his chest, feeling his warmth through his shirt and smelling the faint smell of tobacco.

He rolled down half of the windows and smoked slowly. With one hand, he gently patted her head. He loved her, but his love was slightly different from the one he had for the Crystal in reality.

After all, the Crystal in his arms was only twenty years old.

As promised, he only smoked half of the cigarette before snubbing it and asking her, “Do you like me?”

Crystal refused to answer him.

say something so

from her and merely held her, kissing her again and again. In the end, he patted her on her buttocks and said, “Hurry home. Otherwise,

an

clothing one last time and said with

and merely

out of the car in a rush and

lively figure leaving further away and felt frustrated inside.

been a few days since I’ve come into the dream, and I’ve managed to get Crystal to be my girlfriend in the shortest time possible, but that isn’t my mission. Instead, it’s to bear her suffering in her stead and bring her home. However, I still haven’t seen the opportunity to do that.

anxious at that thought, he took another stick of cigarette out of

just about to start the car to leave, he spotted

He knew them.

were Robert

for quite a while and had seen what had happened

yourself, Robert! She’s already with someone else, She got out

causing her

continued to make a scene. “Robert, I love you! Are you still unwilling to love me even though Crystal is

Robert ignored her.

Henry’s direction.

continued to weep.

Henry had a light bulb moment.

I connect the dot earlier? The key is Clementine. Was Clementine the

the car was dark, and Henry continued to

to run her over with his car, but couldn’t. George said I need to bear Crystal’s

dawned upon

dream to redeem myself

slowly drove away.

of the city shone on Henry’s face. With one hand on the steering wheel, he dialed Jamie’s number. “Get

by the sudden

i professional, she kept her mouth shut and did

the phone after

flashy car disappeared into the depths of the

for clues as he dated

spent most of their time at the condominium. He had thought Crystal would feel

liked playing the piano and cooking in the

chest and listening to him talk

was something he had never

taking pity on them

cherished every moment

in the evening on the weekend, Crystal felt

was raining cats and

muttered, “Why is it still raining heavily when it’s already

she spoke, a flash of lightning lit up the dark sky.

her hiding in Henry’s

right after a

was

was touching his warm skin. She could feel his rhythmic heartbeat,

a deep voice, “It’s probably because I don’t want you to leave.”

only twenty years old. She didn’t dare to spend the

the night, she urged for the rain to

in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, gazing at the night view. Leaning into her ear, he

Crystal’s face blushed.

he didn’t want to, but he couldn’t bear to do it because he would have to

though it was only a dream, he didn’t want to make her sad.

reached for his phone to call John. Before long, the

Crystal and said, “It’s me, Mr. Winters. The rain is pouring rather heavily, so Crystal can’t make it back today. Okay, I’ll take good care of her.”

the call

looked at

to the side and gently laid her onto the white wool carpet. He stroked the tip of her nose and asked, “What are you thinking? Do you think we must make love if we

leaving Crystal at a loss.

atmosphere within the condominium unit was warm and fuzzy. This was his home with

body and kissed

like that with him before.

you said you

leaned into her ear and chuckled lightly. “I

inexperienced woman like Crystal couldn’t stop his advances.

front of the full glass floor-to-ceiling windows, Crystal was stripped of her clothes as her

end, she cried.

a kiss after another, soothing her until

the night as she lay on his big, soft bed in his black shirt. He had released some

the

or explanation after he

out in a stutter as she

brightened his mood. “Crystal, let’s

Three children…

blushed. “Who wants to have a baby

with his finger. “I’ve already thought

interest was piqued.

sparkled as her head rested on his chest. She was dressed only

intertwined his fingers with hers. His voice was soft in