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.

a rational person, not

couldn't control his thoughts. His mood was as unpredictable as

back and forth in the

calm down, but the internal anxiety and

wait, there was still no sign of

go look for

the lounge and

he clenched his fist, took a deep breath, and pushed

He was about to leave when a glint of light caught his

face turned pale, his heartbeat skipping

He slowly bent down,

picked up the necklace he had given Camila.

clenched painfully,

tightly, his eyes filled

felt his heart being torn apart, the

every detail that went into

carelessly mistreated

eyes, his mood turning