A One Night Stand With My Boss

After settling the payment, they returned to the front of the ICU.

Cole slowly stood up from the bench and said to Craig, "Take care of Cami. I'm heading home for a bit."

Craig nodded in agreement.

The hospital was eerily quiet in the dead of night, broken only occasionally by the hum of machines and the hurried footsteps of nurses.

Camila and Craig sat outside the ICU on a bench. Their figures were lonely under the dim lighting.

Dawn broke. Cole appeared at the end of the corridor, hurrying towards them. He thrust a bank card into Camila's hand,

"Cami, here's $200,000. You can cover your mom's expenses with it."

Camila stared at him. "Cole..."

where his father had gotten so much

said, scratching his head with a goofy smile. "Recently, a young guy wanted to buy my grocery store. Surprisingly, he was quite decisive and came over to sign the contract early

The grocery store had been his labor of love for many years and

you shouldn't have sold the store. What about your future..." Camila tried to give the bank card back to Cole. "Don't worry about the money. You've met my mom's goddaughter, Erica. She's wealthy, but she's abroad right now. I can

on my salary. Please get the store back," Camila

his

can find other work if the grocery store is gone. Or,

diner. There'll always be food

mouth to respond but Cole waved her off. "Enough now. Go and pay

you back slowly." Camila knew further discussion was futile, so she reluctantly took the bank card and headed

Camila returned to the