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

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 his brow

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

down at the floor. “I was awake for quite a while after you went

making me promise not to get romantically involved, you got sentimental over our one night stand and climbed

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

by Edrick’s back and forth attitude and partially intrigued by it. If he wanted to become involved with me so badly, why didn’t he just say so

“Unless what?”

me. With clothes

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

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

and thought 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

promise not

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

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

a pensive

to notice that my mind was

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

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