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.

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

"They really can stir up trouble. All of them together are centuries

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 mess," sighed Camila.

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

Don't worry," Claire

about Drew?" Camila asked,

don't know. He 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 grow more sensible after these incidents," Claire coughed

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

the weather these past few

and if you still feel unwell tomorrow, go

to

up, Camila quickly took a

and she struggled to sit up in bed, rubbing her

she dragged her weary body

and got dressed, then noticed she was almost running late,

moment she opened

a large bouquet of flowers. The sunlight

tenderly at Camila. His eyes

stared at the bouquet and then

you allergic to pollen?" she

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

Camila's eyes widened,

Connor. "You had all

gaze, and his voice was serious. "I was