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 person, not swayed

couldn't control his thoughts. His

paced back and forth in the lounge, restless and

down, but the internal anxiety and agitation only

was

to go

exited the lounge and rushed through

makeup room, he clenched his fist, took a deep breath, and

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

face turned pale, his heartbeat skipping a

He slowly bent down,

the necklace he had given Camila. It was now lying

heart clenched painfully, almost leaving

tightly, his eyes filled with indescribable sadness and

heart being torn apart, the pain more

detail that went

had so carelessly

in Connor's eyes,