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.

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

All of them together are centuries old

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

a mess," sighed

was let go. She bought a train ticket back to her hometown, probably will leave by

understand. Don't worry," Claire said

Drew?" Camila

wasn't

such parents. 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... yes, I believe Drew will

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

little under the weather these past few

unwell tomorrow, go

agreed and turned to head to her bedroom, feeling indeed

hanging up, Camila quickly took

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

dragged her weary body to

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

she opened

large bouquet of flowers. The sunlight shone on him. He was enveloped

His eyes were full of warmth.

at the bouquet

you allergic to pollen?"

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

Camila's eyes widened,

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

and his