Chapter 80: A Little Kindness

Moana

After I put Ella to bed, I decided to read in the living room for a little while to relax. The summer evening air was pleasant, but it was also warm, which made me sleepy. Before I knew it, I had dozed off entirely.

However, I woke up the next morning in my bed instead of in the chair.

That was strange… I didn’t remember getting up and going to bed, but I supposed that it wasn’t entirely unheard of. I yawned and rolled over onto my back, feeling the morning sun stream in through my window and hit my cheek…

But then, I saw something next to me: a person.

I immediately yelped and jumped out of bed instinctually. I relaxed a little when I saw that it was Edrick and not some stranger, but what was he doing in my bed? He was still wearing his clothes and even had his shoes on.

As I stood there, my brow furrowed, Edrick’s eyes suddenly snapped open and shocked me even further.

I did and abruptly jumped out of my bed. For

sleeping on the armchair last night when I got home, and I didn’t want to wake you, so I carried you to bed. I… I guess I was so exhausted I fell asleep without even realizing it. I had a bit to drink

that he cared enough to carry me to bed without waking me made my heart flutter

response,

his heel and briskly

thought of it admittedly made my heart flutter, although the fact that he fell asleep in my bed was a little odd. Still, I figured that he really was just exhausted after running around

Unfortunately, we couldn’t go for our morning walk just in case we drew too much attention due to the tabloid, but Ella didn’t seem to mind as we spent the afternoon playing inside and doing arts and crafts instead. By mid-afternoon, however, she had completely tired herself out and was starting to get

was fast asleep for her nap, I made my way over to the kitchen to make

standing

thought you were at work,” I said, glancing at

at the kitchen counter with a sandwich on a plate and a newspaper in front of him, merely shrugged. “Meetings were short today,” he said. I nodded, feeling my face get red as I remembered waking up next to him,

turned back around, I felt my face go red again when I saw that

for a few weeks, but Ella

hand and my glass of milk in the other. Many of my dresses were getting to the point

“Do you not want

to see that he had set his newspaper down and was now looking at me intently. “No, no, it’s not that,” I reassured him, setting my lunch down on the counter. “It’s just… Well…” I then gestured to

only a few weeks from

across as being ungrateful or too nervous, but I really didn’t have anything appropriate for a Morgan family banquet. Even at the last party, when I wore Selina’s nice dress, I still felt underdressed compared to the other

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