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..."

dawned on Camila, and she reassured the woman, "As long as you haven't harmed the company's interests,

his office..." the woman shook her head, her voice trembling. "The company

walked out and, seeing the woman near the

talk in my office," Marissa said with a slight

deep breath and nodded. What must come, cannot be avoided; she followed Marissa into the

Camila exchanged a knowing look with her colleague from the secretarial pool,

a moment, then turned

Seeing her, Connor smiled.

Camila approached his desk and asked softly, "About the couple, what do

smiling softly. "What do you think I

think Mr. Connor is a

to

gazed at her, his eyes

her

frowned slightly, glancing at the busy figures visible through

whoosh, they