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.”

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

the bed. “I’m sorry,” he said, standing and splaying out

faded and his brow

a contract stating I wouldn’t get romantically involved with him, only for him to violate those terms within the first

went to bed. I couldn’t sleep… But suddenly I started thinking about you,

made with the contract and making me promise not to get romantically involved,

head again, this time more vehemently. “No,” he said, his face turning slightly red. “It wasn’t like that. There’s just something about you that helps me sleep. I remember when we slept together in the hotel, I slept like a baby that night for the first time

c****d my head to the side, partially frustrated by Edrick’s back and forth attitude and partially intrigued by it. If

“Unless what?”

sleep with me. With clothes on, of course. Nothing

that go against the contract that was so important to you?” I asked. “What, are you

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, we’ll share a bed.

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

not to

about what’s best for my daughter.

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

a

didn’t seem to notice that my mind was wandering a bit as I helped her get ready for the day and attend her lessons, and if she did, she didn’t say

one night stand and a subsequent argument. I couldn’t deny the feelings that arose in

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