A One Night Stand With My Boss

Mr. Connor called Marissa to his office, and I just know they're talking about us. Can you do me a huge favor and speak to Mr. Connor? Ask him to let me go instead of Jase. The company is about to go public, and Jase has stock options. It'd be such a blow if he got fired," the woman pleaded.

"Dating isn't a fireable offense... is it?" Camila said.

"You haven't been here long, Camila, so you might not know this, but the company has fired a couple before!" The woman clutched Camila's arm, her eyes welling up with tears, looking truly pitiful.

A colleague from the secretarial pool came over, gently placing a hand on the woman's shoulder.

"Mr. Connor isn't heartless. I know the inside story. The company was already being kind by not suing them," she explained.

"Did they harm the company's interests?" Camila asked.

Her colleague nodded.

"One was a finance manager, the other in procurement..."

she reassured the woman, "As long as

his office..." the woman shook her head, her voice trembling. "The company has a policy against office romances." While they were talking,

out and, seeing the woman near the elevator, approached

you. Let's talk in my office," Marissa

cannot be avoided; she followed Marissa into the elevator, and they

colleague from the secretarial pool, both smiling slightly before returning to their

station, thought for a moment, then turned and knocked on

Seeing her, Connor smiled.

and asked softly, "About the

smiling softly. "What

smiled. "I think Mr. Connor is a reasonable and

to butter

gazed at her, his eyes

and beckoned her closer,

at the busy figures visible through the clear

with a whoosh, they were all