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.”

is all the way on the other side of the penthouse,” I growled. “And it’s an entirely different layout. You weren’t so drunk that you would have made such an obvious mistake in

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 a display of surrender. “I really don’t know what happened. Last

voice faded and his

wouldn’t get romantically involved with him, only for him to violate those terms within the first week by crawling into my bed

went to bed. I couldn’t

the contract and making me promise not to

about you that helps me sleep. I remember when we slept together in the hotel, I slept like a baby that

by it. If he wanted to become involved with me so badly, why didn’t he just say so without beating around

“Unless what?”

I’ll pay you to sleep with me. With

folding my arms across my chest. “Wouldn’t that go against the contract that was so important to you?” I asked. “What, are you trying to make me

do need to sleep, and you seem to be the cure for my insomnia. We can write up a supplemental agreement — in exchange for a salary increase,

mind of the drawer full of pills in the kitchen, followed by the image of Edrick drunkenly swaying in the living room while

promise not to

for my daughter. Who, by the way, can never

still feeling hesitant about agreeing to something like this, but a salary increase for simply sleeping next to someone was tempting. I

a pensive nod. “I’ll

the 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 her get ready for the day and attend her

bad idea? The last time Edrick and I slept together, it had turned into a one night stand and a subsequent argument. I couldn’t deny the feelings that arose in me when I woke up to find

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