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.”

entirely different layout. You weren’t so

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

and his brow

do you remember?” I asked incredulously. I was appalled 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

after you went to bed. I couldn’t sleep… But suddenly I started thinking about you, and the night we spent together in the

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

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

my head to the side, partially frustrated by Edrick’s back and forth attitude and partially intrigued by it. If he wanted to become involved with me so

“Unless what?”

I’ll pay you to sleep with me. With clothes on, of

“Wouldn’t that go against the contract that was so important to you?” I

up a supplemental agreement — in exchange for a salary increase, we’ll share a bed.

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

promise not

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

moment, 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

a pensive nod.

by my new agreement with Edrick. Ella didn’t seem to notice that my mind was wandering a bit as I helped her get

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 him unexpectedly next to

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