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.

got a call from the police station... they said Riley and the others got into

All of them together are centuries old and still

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 now they're all at the

sighed Camila.

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

Don't worry," Claire

Drew?" Camila asked,

He wasn't with

would have been troublesome if he ended up at the station too." "Cough... yes, I believe Drew will grow more sensible after these incidents," Claire coughed

something was off with her mother. "Mom, why are

under the weather these past few days,"

sleep early, and if you still feel unwell tomorrow, go see a doctor. Don't just

turned to head to her bedroom, feeling

Camila quickly took a shower and

rang, and she struggled to sit up in bed, rubbing her sleepy

she dragged her weary

routine and got dressed, then noticed she was almost running late, hurriedly slipping on her high

she opened

of flowers. The sunlight

smiled tenderly at Camila. His eyes were full of

the bouquet and

allergic to pollen?"

coughed lightly, slightly awkwardly responding, "Actually... I'm not

widened, seemingly in

time..." She was confused, looking at Connor. "You had all the

his voice was