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.

police station... they said Riley and the others got into a fight and are

trouble. All of them together are centuries old and still

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

mess," sighed Camila.

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

worry,"

about Drew?" Camila

wasn't with them," replied

"Drew is a good kid by nature. It's just bad luck 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

her mother.

a little under the weather these past few days," Claire

if you still feel unwell tomorrow,

turned to head to

hanging up, Camila quickly took a shower and went

and she struggled

weary body

routine and got dressed, then noticed she

moment she opened the

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

he smiled tenderly at Camila. His eyes were full of

at the bouquet and then up

to pollen?" she blurted

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

Camila's eyes widened, seemingly in

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

his voice was