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,

thoughts. His mood was as unpredictable as a

paced back and forth in the lounge, restless and

the internal anxiety and

long wait, there was still no sign

go look

lounge and rushed

took a deep breath, and pushed

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

his

He slowly bent down,

and picked up the necklace he had given Camila. It was now lying on the carpet like

painfully, almost

the necklace tightly, his eyes filled

being torn apart, the

that went into designing this

carelessly mistreated

flashed in Connor's eyes, his mood turning