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.

slowly, "I just got a call from the police station... they said Riley and the others

up trouble. All of them together are centuries old

know. I'm fed up with them too," sighed Claire helplessly. "They said they were packing to leave in the middle of the night 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, and

mess," sighed

ten days because of the brawl, but Grandma was let go. She bought a train ticket back to her hometown, probably will leave by dawn," Claire explained. Camila was silent for a few seconds. "Mom, don't be too soft-hearted anymore. Just stay out of their business from now on. It doesn't concern

understand. Don't worry," Claire said

about Drew?"

know. He wasn't with them," replied

Luckily, he wasn't involved. He's still on bail, so it would have been troublesome if he ended up at the station too." "Cough...

something was off with her mother. "Mom, why

little under the weather these past few

early, and if you still feel unwell tomorrow, go see a

turned to head to her bedroom, feeling

up, Camila quickly took a shower and went to

seven in the morning, her alarm rang, and she struggled to sit up in bed, rubbing her

dragged her weary

through her morning routine and got dressed, then noticed she was almost running late,

moment she opened the

stood Connor, holding a large bouquet of flowers. The sunlight shone on him. He was enveloped in

at Camila. His

Camila stared at the bouquet and

you allergic to pollen?" she

He coughed lightly, slightly awkwardly responding, "Actually... I'm

eyes widened, seemingly

She was confused, looking at Connor. "You had all the flowers removed from the

her gaze, and his voice was