His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

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

bed. “I’m sorry,” he said, standing and splaying out his hands with his palms facing outward in

voice faded and his

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

he stared down at the floor. “I was awake for quite a while after you went to bed. I couldn’t sleep…

with the contract and making me promise not to

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 in years. I don’t know what it

by it. If he wanted to become involved with me so badly, why didn’t he just say so

“Unless what?”

to 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 trying to make me break it so you can weasel a fine

with a laugh. “I don’t have any desire to ‘weasel’ any sort of money out of you. But I 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, we’ll share a bed. Just until I can get back

pills in the kitchen, followed by the image of Edrick drunkenly swaying in

you really promise not to

what’s best for my

still feeling hesitant about agreeing to something like this, but a salary increase for simply sleeping next to someone was tempting. I could just see it as a way to pay off my student loans more quickly, and maybe he was right about it only needing to

I said with 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

stand and a subsequent argument. I couldn’t deny the feelings that arose in me when I woke up to find him unexpectedly next to me, even though we