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.”

other side of the penthouse,” I growled. “And it’s an entirely different layout. You weren’t so drunk

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

faded and

romantically involved with him, only for him to violate those terms within the first week by crawling into my bed in the middle of

quite a while after you went to

promise not to get romantically involved, you got sentimental over our

his 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 in years. I don’t know what it is, but it must’ve drawn me to you last night. But I’m sorry.

forth attitude and partially intrigued by it. If he wanted to become

“Unless what?”

sleep with me.

scoffed, 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 break it so you can

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

and thought back to the image in my mind of the drawer full of pills in the kitchen, followed by the image of

not

said. “I’m only thinking about what’s best for my daughter. Who, by the

was tempting. I could just see it as a way

with a pensive nod. “I’ll do

Edrick. Ella didn’t seem to notice that my mind was

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

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