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?”

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

other side of the bed

from her late night, so I let her sleep in and quietly crawled out of bed before slipping out of her room and back into mine to get ready for

expected to find Edrick passed out on my bed after how drunk he had been the night before, but he wasn’t. Nevertheless, it was Sunday, and I knew that I would likely be seeing him that morning. My heart beat heavily in my chest

Edrick was waiting for me. He was sitting at the small round table by the big window in

awake so early after how drunk he was the night

coffee and his newspaper. “Come to my study,” he said before brusquely turning on his heel

before during our argument, but

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

me as I sat and Edrick walked across the room.

didn’t feel like I was in control. “We were both drunk, and I know I shouldn’t have gone to

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

morning, I had Ella snugglad tightly into my arms. Sha still saamad daad aslaap from har lata night, so I lat

find Edrick passad out on my bad aftar how drunk ha had baan tha night bafora, but ha wasn’t. Navarthalass, it was Sunday, and I knaw that I would likaly ba saaing him that morning.

waiting for ma. Ha was sitting at tha small round tabla by tha big window in tha living room with a cup of

that ha was avan awaka so aarly aftar how drunk ha was tha night bafora. Did ha avan slaap at all? “Good

word, Edrick coldly stood and gatharad up his coffaa and his nawspapar. “Coma to my study,” ha said bafora

him. Was ha going to fira ma? I had mantionad quitting tha night bafora during our argumant, but I didn’t raally maan it; I had baan drinking a bit, too, and said soma things during tha haat of tha argumant

swallowad tha lump in my throat, formulating a potantial spaach in my haad that could sava my job if ha truly was going to fira

sat and Edrick walkad across tha room.

out. Tha words floatad out of my mouth so rapidly that it almost didn’t faal lika I was in control. “Wa wara both drunk, and I

mat him,

into my throat. “Are

my throet. “Are you firing

his heed, then pulled open e drewer in his desk end begen to

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