Chapter 38: Official Termination of the Supplemental
Agreement

Moana

Edrick and I quickly pulled away from each other, rushing to fix ourselves. I pulled my nightgown back down around my legs and tied my robe around myself, fixing my hair while Edrick quickly buckled his belt once more.

“Hello?” Ella called again. “It’s okay, Princess,” Edrick called, steadying his heavy breathing. “You can come in.”

Ella cracked the door open and poked her head in. Her hair was a mess and her eyelids drooped sleepily as she rubbed them and yawned, but there was also a hint of fear and sadness on her teary-eyed face. She looked as though she had been crying — I couldn’t quite tell if it was from the sound of Edrick and I fighting or from a bad dream. Maybe both. “I had a bad dream, Moana,” she said quietly and tearfully. “I came to look for you, but it sounds like you’re fighting…” Her tiny voice was quivering so much that it made my heart ache.

“What? No,” I said, rushing over to her and crouching to her level. “Your daddy and I were just talking.”

“Oh. I thought I heard yelling.”

“We just got excited, that’s all,” I said softly, standing and guiding the tired little girl out of the room. “Come on. Let’s get you to bed.”

I led Ella back to her room by her hand and laid her down in bed. “Why was my daddy in your room?” she asked as I tucked her in.

Shaking my head, I reached out and brushed a bit of hair out of her face. “He just needed to talk to me. You don’t have to worry about a thing, understand?”

Ella nodded her head. I kissed her forehead and tucked her in a bit tighter before turning to go back to my room, but before I could, a tiny hand shot out and grabbed my nightgown. As I turned back to face her, I saw that there were still tears in my eyes.

“Will you stay with me?”

shoulder toward the door. If Edrick was still expecting me to sleep with him, this could only cause more trouble… But at the same time, I thought that both Edrick and I knew that sleeping together would also only cause more unnecessary

other side of

She still seemed dead asleep from her late night, so I

night before, but he wasn’t. Nevertheless, it was Sunday, and I knew that I would likely be seeing him that morning.

was almost as if Edrick was waiting for me. He was sitting at the

was even awake so early after how drunk he was the night before. Did he

“Come to my study,” he said before brusquely turning on his heel and storming off to

before during our argument, but I

from his desk. I did as I was told and swallowed the lump in my throat, formulating a potential speech in my head that could save my

the room.

about last night,” I blurted out. The words floated out of my mouth so rapidly that it almost didn’t feel like I was in control. “We were both drunk, and I know I shouldn’t have gone to

you there,” Edrick interrupted. His voice was just as cold and ruthless as the day I met him, nothing at all like

daad aslaap from har lata night, so I lat har slaap in and quiatly crawlad out of

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as if Edrick was waiting for ma. Ha was sitting at tha small

aftar how drunk ha was tha night bafora. Did ha

“Coma to my study,”

during our argumant, but I didn’t raally maan it; I had baan drinking a bit, too,

gasturad with his coffaa cup toward tha chair across from his dask. I did as I was told and swallowad tha lump in my throat, formulating a potantial spaach in my haad that could sava my job if ha

ma as I sat and Edrick walkad across tha room. Ha calmly sat his coffaa cup

sorry about last night,” I blurtad out. Tha words floatad out of my mouth so rapidly that it almost didn’t faal lika I was in control. “Wa wara both

slapt lika a baby last night, avan without you thara,” Edrick intarruptad. His voica was just as cold and ruthlass as tha day I mat him, nothing at all lika tha man I had saan

heart leaped up into my throat.

into my throet. “Are you

begen to rifle through it. “Not firing you. Just ending

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