His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 9

Nanny and the Alpha Daddy
#Chapter 9: Bedmates
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As soon as I saw Edrick sleeping on the other side of my bed, I immediately averted my gaze down at myself to make sure that I was still dressed.

I was still fully clothed… And this time, I knew for a fact that I hadn’t h***ked up with him. I was completely sober when I went to bed, so I would’ve remembered.

So, why was Edrick in my bed?

While I was still processing what was going on, Edrick’s eyes suddenly opened and he stared right at me. I yelped and jumped out of the bed, running to the other side of the room.

“What are you doing in here?” I asked, my voice shaking.

Edrick slowly sat up and looked around, looking equally as confused as I was. “I have no idea,” he said, looking down at himself in the same manner I did; no doubt to also check to make sure he was fully clothed. “I was really drunk last night. I guess I confused your room with mine.”

“Your room is all the way on the other side of the penthouse,” I growled. “And it’s an entirely different layout. You weren’t so drunk that you would have made such an obvious mistake in your own home.”

Edrick was silent for several moments before throwing the covers off of himself and swinging his long legs over the edge of the bed. “I’m sorry,” he said, standing and splaying out his hands with his palms facing outward in a display of surrender. “I really don’t know what happened. Last I remember…”

His voice faded and his brow furrowed.

“What do you remember?” I asked incredulously. I was appalled that he would have me sign a contract stating I wouldn’t get romantically involved with him, only for him to violate those terms within the first week by crawling into my bed in the middle of the night.

He shook his head, frowning as he stared down at the floor. “I was awake for quite a while after you went to bed. I couldn’t sleep… But suddenly I started thinking about you, and the night we spent together in the hotel.”

My frown deepened. “So, after all of the fuss you made with the contract and making me promise not to get romantically involved, you got sentimental over our one night stand and climbed into my bed while I was sleeping?”

Edrick shook his head again, this time more vehemently. “No,” he said, his face turning slightly red. “It wasn’t like that. There’s just something about you that helps me sleep. I remember when we slept together in the hotel, I slept like a baby that night for the first time in years. I don’t know what it is, but it must’ve drawn me to you last night. But I’m sorry. It won’t happen again. Unless–”

I c****d my head to the side, partially frustrated by Edrick’s back and forth attitude and partially intrigued by it. If he wanted to become involved with me so badly, why didn’t he just say so without beating around the bush?

“Unless what?”

“Unless… I’ll pay you to sleep with me. With clothes on, of course. Nothing sexual.”

I scoffed, folding my arms across my chest. “Wouldn’t that go against the contract that was so important to you?” I asked. “What, are you trying to make me break it so you can weasel a fine out of me or something?”