Sleeping With The CEO
Chapter 210: Easy Things

Chapter 210: Easy Things

Derek had not understood. He would not lie. At first when Emily had been talking about an auntie, and a visitor. He had really thought that either he was still asleep. Or she was the one who was talking in her sleep. But then when she had finally said exactly what she meant, he had freaked out. No lie, internally he had been running a mile a minute. Trying and failing to come up with something to say that would not be offensive. Not only that, despite knowing that periods were a normal monthly thing that most women went through.

Derek’s mind had somehow decided that Emily needed to be in the hospital for such a thing. That she needed urgent medical attention. In fact, he had even been readying himself to gather her up, and run outside with her in his arms so that he could drive her to the nearest medical facility.

Luckily, Emily had been able to bring back the voice of reason in him and he had not done that. Instead, he had stood aside with his eyes closed while she made her way to the bathroom. Being very careful not to stare and only looking up once he heard the bathroom door open and then close. Once alone in the room, Derek’s first instinct had been to run for the hills...to find some place else to be. It did not matter that the penthouse was his. He would have gladly walked out. But then on his way out, he had stopped.

His hand hovering over the bedroom doorknob.

He could not leave. Emily had not done anything wrong.

Just as Derek himself had no control over his erection, he looked down at his groin, she too had no control over her period. Luckily, with all that had been going on. His morning wood had flagged and he no longer had to walk around with a tent in his pants. But still, just like his erection was a normal thing, Emily’s menstrual cycle.

was also a normal thing. If he left and found some place else to be while she sorted herself out, it would be very difficult for them to recover from this. Even if Emily were to say that she understood, that a lot of guys were uncomfortable with the whole thing, Derek knew that it would put a strain on their relationship.

Afterall, just a few hours prior, Emily had been showing him support when it came to his own issue. It was only right that he also be there for her. He had to make sure that she knew that he was unbothered, that he was not going anywhere.

So rather than just leaving the bedroom Derek dropped his hand from the doorknob and turned back. The bed was as they had left it, unmade, waiting. Normally Derek would just pull the dirty sheets off the bed, and leave them for the cleaning staff to take care of. But this was personal.

This was Emily’s business.

He could not just let other people handle it. She was already embarrassed enough. He knew that she would be even more embarrassed if he let that happen. And so, with a deep breath, Derek walked towards the bed.

Being careful of Emily’s side, he folded up the sheets, and once that was done, he picked them up, and only then did he leave the bedroom.

In all of his time at the penthouse, Derek had never used his own washer and dryer. He knew that the machine was there, but that was pretty much it. So using it was a new experience for him. One that he was enduring for Emily’s sake.

It took him a while to get the machine going. Mostly because he was reading up on the instructions of how to use it online, and then he wasted a few more minutes fiddling with the many buttons.

Trying to get the settings just right until the machine came alive.

The moment that the bed covers within started to spin. Derek did a fist pump, feeling as though he had just accomplished a near impossible feat. Leaving the covers to get cleaned, Derek headed back to the bedroom. He pulled out a fresh set of bed covers, and made the bed.

Once that was done he headed over to the bathroom door. He hesitated at first, wondering whether he should knock or if he should just go. But going on his instinct, he decided to knock.

When he had come in the shower had been silent, and he was yet to hear any sound coming out. So he had to make sure that Emily was alright. He knocked once then twice until Emily’s voice came from within.

"Yes?" She called, and Derek breathed a sigh of relief. Good, she was okay.

She had not passed out in there. He’d heard that sometimes that happened to women on their period. But it was for women who suffered from some disease, endo... something. He was not sure if Emily had it, but he was doubtful that she did.

"Are you all right?" He asked. There was a long pause. And he was just beginning to think that she would ice him out completely, not saying anything, when Emily replied. "Yes, I am fine," She said, her voice breaking slightly at the end. With a nod, Derek made to move away from the door, but she spoke up again, and he froze in his tracks.

"Derek, are you still there?" She asked, her tone hesitant.

"Yes, I’m here," He replied, moving back so that he was closer to the door again.

"I need your help," She told him.

What could she possibly need his help with? Had he been right in the first place? Did she need to go to the hospital?

"My period came early this time," She began, and Derek shrugged. He had figured as much. Women were usually very thorough when it came to their periods, especially the older ladies. It was very hard for an older woman to be caught off guard by her period. For it to have come at Emily like this it meant that she had not been expecting it.

"It came early and I don’t have any sanitary pads to use," She elaborated, and Derek’s heart faltered.

Pads? Oh, of course, women used those.

"I need you to go to the store and get some for me. Can you do that?" She asked.

"Sure, sure, I can get you some pads. I can definitely do that. I am known to be quite the pad buyer,"

Pad buyer?!

He wanted to bang his head against the door. Before he could embarrass himself any further, Derek quickly left the bedroom. He got dressed with a speed that would have made superheroes jealous, and as quick as anything he was out the door. All he had to do was buy Emily pads and everything would be alright. Just a packet of pads. Nothing too difficult. He would be in and out.

No problem.

He closed billion dollar deals on the regular, menstrual products would be a walk in the park.