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.”

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

legs over the edge of the bed. “I’m sorry,” he said, standing and splaying

faded and his brow

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 week by

“I was awake for quite a while after you went to bed. I couldn’t sleep… But suddenly I started thinking about you, and the night we

to get romantically involved, you got sentimental over our one night stand

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

intrigued by it. If he wanted to become involved with me

“Unless what?”

me. With clothes on, of

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

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 into a normal sleep schedule, and then maybe I won’t need to do it anymore. It won’t hurt your contract

back to the image in my 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 a

promise not to make it

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

for a 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 he was right about it

a pensive nod.

…

spent 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

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 him unexpectedly next