A One Night Stand With My Boss

At three in the morning, Connor's computer pinged with a notification for a new email.

Rubbing his temples from fatigue, he clicked to open the message. His brow furrowed immediately upon seeing the contents.

It was a work document from Camila, detailed and professional, but there she was working at this hour!

He quickly replied to the email, simply writing, [Sleep.]

After sending the email, Connor sighed deeply. Had he assigned her too much work?

Camila was twisting her neck, when she was startled by Connor's email.

He hadn't gone to bed yet?

Connor rummaged through a pile of papers to find his phone and texted Camila.

Camila closed her laptop, and suddenly her phone buzzed twice. She opened it to find a message from Connor. [Don't rush the work. Get some sleep. Good night.] He seemed to often stay up late himself.

Camila responded. [Thanks for your concern, Mr. Connor. Good night.] She paused, then deleted the words "good night" before sending.

Just as she sent the message, Claire's call came through.

A call in the dead of night startled Camila, who immediately answered. "Mom, is everything alright?"

"Cami, haven't you slept yet?" Claire's tired voice came through the phone.

"No, not yet. What's happened?" Camila asked anxiously.

from the police station... they said Riley and the others

stir up trouble. All of them together

and got caught by a neighbor. Many neighbors were talked into investing in Capital Solutions by Riley, and their money's gone. When they confronted him, it turned into a fight,

sighed Camila. "So

was let go. She bought a train ticket back to her hometown, probably will leave by dawn," Claire explained. Camila

understand. Don't worry,"

Drew?" Camila

wasn't with them,"

Luckily, he wasn't involved. He's still on bail, so it would have been troublesome if he ended up

off with her

weather these past

still feel unwell tomorrow, go see a

agreed and turned to head to her

hanging up, Camila quickly took a shower and

alarm rang, and she

her weary body to

mechanically went through her morning routine and got dressed, then noticed she was almost

she opened the door,

stood Connor, holding a large bouquet of flowers. The sunlight shone on him.

morning," he smiled tenderly at Camila. His eyes were

Camila stared at the bouquet

to

briefly showed embarrassment. He coughed lightly, slightly awkwardly responding, "Actually... I'm not allergic

eyes widened,

Connor. "You had all

her gaze, and his voice was serious. "I was