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 several long, uncomfortable moments, we just stared at

I’m sorry,” he said finally, running a hand through his hair with an embarrassed expression on his face. “I saw you were sleeping on the armchair last night when I got home, and I didn’t want to

explained it. While it was strange, hearing that he cared enough to carry me to bed without waking me made my heart flutter a little. It was sweet,

I stammered in response, feeling my face

nodded, then abruptly turned on his

heart flutter, although the fact that he fell asleep in

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.

asleep for her nap, I made my way over to

standing in

were at work,” I

merely shrugged. “Meetings were short today,” he said. I nodded, feeling my face get red as I remembered waking up next

us said anything. I methodically spread some peanut butter and jam on two slices of bread, then cut the sandwich diagonally and poured myself a glass of milk. When I turned back around, I felt my face go red again when I saw that Edrick was looking right at me over the top of his newspaper. When he saw that I noticed him, he quickly

abruptly. “It’s not for a few weeks, but Ella will of course be expected to be there, and by extension, so

hand and my glass of milk in the other. Many of my dresses were getting to the point where my belly showed, aside from the couple of loose dresses that I had, but neither of those

you not want to go

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.

to wear?” he asked. “It’s only a few weeks

for a Morgan family banquet.

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