A One Night Stand With My Boss

Camila looked at John with gratitude. "Thank you so much. I had no idea Howard would push me like this."

John chuckled, "We're friends, so don't mention it."

Camila nodded, smiling.

"Let me walk you to the bus." She didn't want to go back to the office so soon.

"Sure," John agreed with a nod.

Together, they walked to the bus stop, and after a short wait, the bus arrived.

"Thank you, John," Camila said again before boarding the bus.

"No worries, call me if you need anything," John said with a smile, waving goodbye.

***

"He's her boyfriend now." The words echoed in Connor's ears relentlessly.

Those words pierced his heart like a curse, disrupting his peace and even making his breathing erratic.

For the first time, Connor experienced an anxiety he had never felt before. His thoughts tangled like a knotted thread, growing more irritable the more he thought about it.

always considered himself a rational

thoughts. His mood was as unpredictable as a

forth in the lounge,

calm down, but the internal anxiety and agitation

there was still no sign

to go look

exited the lounge and rushed through

makeup room, he clenched his fist, took a deep

was empty. He was about to leave when

his heartbeat skipping a

He slowly bent down,

picked up the necklace he had given Camila. It was now lying on

painfully, almost leaving

the necklace tightly, his eyes filled with indescribable sadness

apart, the

every detail that

so carelessly mistreated

in Connor's eyes, his mood