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 person, not swayed

now, he couldn't control his thoughts. His mood was

forth in the lounge, restless and

tried to calm down, but the internal anxiety

long wait, there was

go

and

he clenched his fist, took a deep

to leave when a glint of light caught his

face turned pale, his heartbeat skipping

He slowly bent down,

up the necklace he had given Camila.

painfully,

necklace tightly, his eyes filled with indescribable sadness

felt his heart being torn apart, the pain

that went into

had so carelessly mistreated

flashed in Connor's eyes, his