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.

had always considered himself a rational person, not swayed

control his thoughts. His mood was

forth in the lounge, restless and

the internal

a long wait, there was

to go look for

lounge and rushed through

room, he clenched his fist, took

empty. He was about to leave when a glint of

his

He slowly bent down,

the necklace he had given Camila. It was now

painfully, almost

the necklace tightly, his eyes filled with indescribable

felt his heart being torn apart, the pain more intense than

detail that went

had so carelessly mistreated

Connor's eyes, his