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.

deep breath before speaking slowly, "I just got a call from the police station... they said Riley and the others got into

trouble. All of them together are centuries

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,

a mess," sighed Camila.

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.

worry," Claire said

about Drew?"

He wasn't with them,"

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

something was off with her

under the weather these

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

head to her bedroom,

quickly took a shower and

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

dragged her weary body to

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

she opened

bouquet of flowers. The sunlight shone on

Camila. His eyes were

stared at the bouquet and then up

to pollen?" she

lightly, slightly awkwardly

Camila's eyes widened, seemingly in

looking at Connor. "You had all the

held her gaze, and his voice