A One Night Stand With My Boss

Chapter 28

Miss Camila, Miss Erica, hi, Brody greeted politely.

Lily was Camila’s college friend who unexpectedly became pregnant in her sophomore year and got married, leaving her studies unfinished: Once bright and clever, she now spent her days as a housewife, busy with three meals a day, taking care of her husband and child, becoming dull and listless.

“Brody is such a good boy!” Camila said, patting his head.

“I’m starving. Let’s order some food,” said Camila, exhausted from a busy day. “I’m so hungry I could eat a whole cow.”

“Wait a minute. I’ve got a coupon,” Lily said, pulling out her phone with a smile. This meal deal for four is a real bargain, just over a hundred.”

Erica glanced at the menu, which seemed scant. “Alright, if it’s not enough, we’ll order more

“Hi-I have a coupon,” Lily called to the waiter.

The waiter quickly verified the coupon,

“Didn’t your husband get a promotion?” Erica asked. “Why are you still pinching pennies?”

the salary hasn’t increased,” Lily replied, stroking her

branch manager at Capital Solutions should be earning a decent

Lily nodded bashfully.

level, his salary

about these matters and simply went along with what her husband told her. “He showed me his paycheck, just over two thousand. He says he’s

hit Mommy,” Brody blurted out. His little face crumpled almost to

both

d, how could he hit you! We need to confront him. That’s outrageous! Erica burst out

he apologized,”

is far away, but here,

sh o l e who doesn’t even provide for you?” Erica

Divorce had crossed her mind. “I haven’t even graduated

silenced everyone at the

I’ll

“Mom, you can go to work and