Sleeping With The CE Chapter 159: Rules For Sleep

Chapter 159: Rules For Sleep

One of the things that Derek liked about Emily was her ability to plan for the little things that most people overlooked. And in bringing up the idea of the two of them coming up with a list of dos and don’ts, she had once again proven that quality to Derek.

After she had gone and he had ti to think about it. Derek had co to realize that she was absolutely right. In the world that they lived in, entanglents were very common. It was best for the both of them to co into their arrangent knowing what expectations they had of one another. Instead of just assuming that things would work themselves out. And so instead of taking her idea lightly, and just filling up a blank piece of paper with random rules. Derek was actually taking his ti to think, coming up with so things that worked well for him, and would not be offensive to Emily. It was surprisingly hard to do, so hard in fact that the end of the workday ca and went, with Derek still in his office trying to think of sothing to write. He had expected Emily, since she had been the one to co up with the idea, to have it done before him.

But when she bid him farewell and went ho, she did not show him anything. So he assud that she too was still thinking. In a way, it made things easier for him. It made it a whole lot less harder for him to try and think of sothing, knowing that she too was struggling. But after a few hours of doing nothing but just thinking. Derek was finally able to co up with sothing. And once he ca up with the first one, it beca easier to move from point to point. He started off simple. Derek’s list, he wrote at the top of a piece of paper, and then he underlined it for good asure.

Rule number one: no dia.

He could have left it at just that, but he decided to expand the list so that if he happened to freeze up later on, all he would have to do was glance at his notes and he would know exactly what he had ant by a certain rule.

So instead of just leaving rule number one as it was, he wrote rule number one: no dia. And then he went on to explain it. No dia ans no taking of pictures or videos of the two of us, together outside working hours. He trusted Emily, but in the world that they lived in, phone hacking was a real thing, and he did not want sobody getting a hold of innocent pictures and then turning them into sothing sick and twisted, that they could benefit from. In addition to the no dia rule which focused on no pictures or videos being taken.

Derek also specified that there would be no talking to the dia about their relationship. It was private, and he wanted it to stay that way.

As an employee of Haven Group, Emily had signed a non-disclosure agreent, but that one only covered the professional side of things. He was not worried that she would be one of those ladies who, after spending a bit of ti with him, imdiately ran to the reporters to tell all.

But he just felt the need to put it in there. Rule number two was also sothing that he considered a given, but one could never be too sure. So he wrote it down. Rule number two: no drinking alcoholic drinks, taking drugs, or anything else that could impair judgnt.

For him, that was very important. When drugs and alcohol were concerned, things tended to get out of hand very quickly. He did not want anything happening between himself and Emily that would leave either of them with regrets. Regrets of things that they could not take back. So there would be no drinking and no drugs whatsoever. Even sleeping pills, scratch that, especially sleeping pills. Derek hated those things with a vengeance. On the night that the two of them chose to co and sleep together, they would both be stone-cold sober. It was the only way that he would feel that both of them were not being cheated.

Rule number three was also sothing that Derek saw as a no-brainer, but just to be sure he put it in there. Rule number three: Cleanliness.

He was not a fan of people who talked about going with their natural scent, choosing to ignore things like soap and water all the ti. He had never had such a problem with Emily, so he was pretty sure that rule number 3 would go down well.

With that, he went to rule number 4: No clinginess. Yes, the two of them would be sleeping together. And if the sleeping arrangent worked, it would be sothing that would beco more regular. But just because they’re sleeping together would beco sothing long-term, it did not an that they owed each other explanations about their private lives.

Apart from the sleep thing, what happened outside work was their business and theirs alone. They did not need to tell it to anyone, even to each other. To clarify rule number four further, Derek went on to rule number five, and he made it for the case wherein they actually had to tell each other sothing.

Rule number five: If either of us wants to break off the arrangent, they have to tell the other well in ti so that they can co to grips with it.

There. It was a simple list, just five things, but Derek felt that it more than covered everything that needed to be said.

If his list was lacking in so way, then Emily’s list was sure to make up for it. And if the two of them happened to have a change of circumstance as ti went on, then they would sit down and discuss it, anding the rules as they went.

Going over the list one final ti to make sure that everything was in order, Derek nodded in satisfaction. Good. It was simple and straight to the point.

Running a hand over the piece of paper that would most likely be governing his life for the foreseeable future, Derek put it away.

Once the piece of paper was safely within his briefcase, Derek picked it up and made his way ho. It was then that he realized for the first ti just how nervous he was. This was it. His last chance to try sothing that he actually believed in.

Sothing that might actually work. And with each step he took, he got closer and closer to knowing whether or not sleeping with Emily that night at the motel had been what had allowed him to get a few hours of uninterrupted restful slumber.

By the ti he made it ho, Derek’s nerves had increased instead of decreasing. But there was nothing for it. All that he could do was wait. Emily was coming, and when she arrived, the two of them would know for sure.