Chapter 9: Bedmates
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As soon as I saw Edrick sleeping on the other side of my bed, I immediately averted my gaze down at myself to make sure that I was still dressed.

I was still fully clothed… And this time, I knew for a fact that I hadn’t h***ked up with him. I was completely sober when I went to bed, so I would’ve remembered.

So, why was Edrick in my bed?

While I was still processing what was going on, Edrick’s eyes suddenly opened and he stared right at me. I yelped and jumped out of the bed, running to the other side of the room.

“What are you doing in here?” I asked, my voice shaking.

Edrick slowly sat up and looked around, looking equally as confused as I was. “I have no idea,” he said, looking down at himself in the same manner I did; no doubt to also check to make sure he was fully clothed. “I was really drunk last night. I guess I confused your room with mine.”

it’s an entirely different layout. You weren’t so drunk that you would have made such an obvious mistake in

moments before throwing the covers off of himself and swinging his long legs over the edge of the bed. “I’m sorry,” he said, standing and splaying out his hands with his palms facing outward in

faded and

that he would have me sign a contract stating I wouldn’t get romantically involved with him, only for him to violate those terms within the first week by crawling into my

a while after you went to bed. I couldn’t sleep… But suddenly I started thinking about you, and the

deepened. “So, after all of the fuss you made with the contract and making me promise not to get romantically involved,

in the hotel, I slept like a baby that night for the first time in years. I don’t know what it is, but it must’ve drawn me to you last night. But I’m

by Edrick’s back and forth attitude and partially intrigued by it. If he wanted to

“Unless what?”

with me. With

the contract that was so important to you?” I asked. “What, are you trying to make me break it so you can weasel a fine out

the cure for my insomnia. We can write up a supplemental agreement — in exchange for a salary increase, we’ll share a bed. Just until I can get back into a normal sleep schedule,

in the kitchen, followed by the image of Edrick drunkenly swaying in the living room while his daughter

you really promise not to make it

only thinking about what’s best for my daughter. Who,

tempting. I could just see it as a way to pay off my student loans more quickly,

with a

remainder of the day feeling distracted by my new agreement with Edrick. Ella didn’t seem to notice that my mind was wandering a bit as I helped

a one night stand and a subsequent argument. I couldn’t deny the feelings that arose in me when I woke up to

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