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 by

thoughts. His

in the lounge, restless

to calm down, but the internal anxiety

long wait, there was

decided to go look

and rushed

he clenched his fist, took a

He was about to leave when

pale, his

He slowly bent down,

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

clenched painfully, almost leaving him

necklace tightly, his eyes filled

being torn apart, the

every detail that went into designing

carelessly mistreated

in Connor's eyes,

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