Chapter 279: Played

If you walk into a room full of people and you have no idea who among them is being played. Then more than likely the person being played is you. Emily knew the saying. She'd heard it plenty of times before.

Emily had come to associate it with people getting hustled in bars. Those who were part of fake friend groups, and employees about to be sacrificed by their fellow co-workers. Never in a million years had she thought to apply the saying to her relationship with Derek. 

She had taken everything between them to be genuine. Believing that it was all coming from a good place. How could it not when the two of them were bound together, by the miracle of sleep? Her and Derek only being able to enjoy a good night's rest when they were in each other's arms.