#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.

He looked around confusedly for a few moments, just as I had, before he came to the same realization that I did and abruptly jumped out of my bed. For several long, uncomfortable moments, we just stared at each other in disbelief from the opposite sides of my bed.

“Erm… 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 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 last night.”

without waking me made my heart flutter a little. It was sweet,

stammered in response,

nodded, then abruptly turned on his heel and briskly walked out of the

last night? The 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 all day, so I decided not to let it bother

my clothes, I woke Ella up and got her ready. 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

her nap, I made my way

was standing in

work,” I said, glancing at my

today,” he said. I nodded, feeling

cut the sandwich diagonally and poured myself a glass of milk. When I turned back around, I felt my face go red

summer banquet every year,” he said, somewhat abruptly. “It’s not for a few weeks, but Ella will of course be expected to be there, and by extension, so

my glass of milk in the other. Many of my dresses were getting to the point where my belly showed, aside from

said. “Do you not want to go or

newspaper down and was now looking at me intently. “No, no, it’s not that,” I reassured him, setting my lunch down

he asked. “It’s only a few weeks from

too nervous, but I really didn’t have anything appropriate for a Morgan family banquet. Even at the last party,

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