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.”

I growled. “And it’s an entirely different layout. You weren’t so drunk that you would have made such an

throwing the covers off 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

voice faded and his brow

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

shook his head, frowning as he stared down at the floor. “I was awake for quite a while after you went to bed. I couldn’t sleep… But suddenly I started thinking about you, and

contract and making me promise not to get romantically

remember when we slept together in the hotel, I slept like a baby

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 without

“Unless what?”

pay you to sleep with me. With clothes

so important to you?” I asked. “What, are you trying to make me break it so you can weasel a fine

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

kitchen, followed

you really promise not to make

thinking about what’s best for my daughter. Who, by the way, can never know about

was tempting. I could just see it as

said with a pensive nod. “I’ll

my mind was wandering a bit as I helped her get ready for the day and attend her lessons, and if she did, she didn’t

this a bad idea? 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

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