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.

considered himself a rational

now, he couldn't control his thoughts. His

paced back and forth in the lounge,

the internal anxiety and

was still no sign of

decided to go look for

exited the lounge and

fist, took a deep breath, and

room was empty. He was about to leave when a glint of light caught

pale, his heartbeat skipping a

He slowly bent down,

and picked up the necklace he had given Camila.

painfully, almost

tightly, his eyes filled with

his heart being torn apart, the pain more intense than

detail that

had so carelessly mistreated

flashed in Connor's eyes,