Derek And Meredith Age Gap Novels & Stories

MEREDITH: Alan loosened his grip, giving me room to swallow. “I thought so, too. I thought Christian was a twenty-year-old that I could easily manipulate, but he was smarter and braver for his age. If he had simply handed over that program to me, accepting my compensation, no one would have killed him.” He edged closer, closing the distance between us. “My feelings for you went cold even before our breakup.” I knew that. “I stopped loving you five years ago.”

Of every answer sitting in my mouth, I'd reached for worst one. "That's not—" I started. "He's not wrong," Meredith said flatly. She got there first. "It's a contract marriage. That part's true." Her voice was perfectly calm, and the calm was the whole problem, because I could hear the distance climbing back into place between us, the same distance I'd spent time chipping away at, back in a single sentence I'd thrown without looking. Elara watched us both. I could feel the disappointment off her before she said

They had chosen to side with Derek and Charlotte over me. Derek and Charlotte... like they were a fucking couple! I gripped my glass tighter as the night replayed in my head once more. Close enough. What the hell was the supposed to mean? He hadn’t attended a family function in years, and now he was suddenly ‘close enough’ with my wife to pay for her mother’s treatment. I didn’t like it, not at all. We had hated each other since we were kids, and did everything we could to avoid each other when we got older, and he turned his back on the family. Then he showed up multiple times, with my wife no less, and suddenly she is filing for divorce!

“Okay. Spill. What aren’t you telling me?” Elizabeth sighed, clearly torn between her duties and her loyalty to the people she’d known long before I entered the picture. “They were close,” she said eventually, softly. “Derek and Ethan. Grew up together in this palace, trained together. Practically inseparable during their adolescent years.” “Best friends?” “The kind of best friends that only few can be. Physical. Intense. Unspoken connections.” She paused again. “But it changed when Derek was chosen by the council to be mated.”

“I want to meet her, though. I need to see the woman who’s bold enough to marry Aaron Blackwood.” Aaron chuckled, a little awkwardly. “You’ll meet her soon enough.” Derek leaned back, a teasing glint in his eye. “Speaking of weddings… you’re invited to mine.” Aaron paused. Genuine happiness softened his expression. “Wow. Seven years together and finally taking the step?” “Yeah,” Derek said with a grin. “Bold step, right?” Aaron smirked. “Finally following your own advice, huh?” Derek laughed, nudging him lightly. “You just don’t want to admit you’re trying to be like me.”

He wonders that even if everything goes on well will he ever have that one person that will love him as Danica loves Derek. "You know what?" Derek said as Danica leaves the table to the restroom, Kaiden looks up at his friend. "What?" He asked as he covers the bottle. "I am lucky, She has always been with me since high school," He said with a smile, just from looking at his friend, Kaiden could tell that the happiness behind those smiles can't be measured. "You guys have been together for that long?" Kaiden asked. Derek nodded "Yes, but I asked her out when she was eighteen now she is twenty-three, I am lucky," He said with a big smile.

His parents aren’t home from work yet? “He lives with his parents?” Shanna asked, once again voicing the questions I wasn’t sure were polite. “Yeah, he’s still a senior in high school,” Derek said. High school?! I realized that I’d never found out Derek’s age. “How old are you?” I asked. “Eighteen.” Holy SHIT. He was a year younger than me. “Oh my GOD, you’re a baby!” Shanna cackled. Which was ridiculous – she and I were both 19.

"Right. Twenty-six. And Derek's forty-four. That's quite an age gap." The table went silent. Sophie set down her fork. Derek's jaw tightened. "Mom," Sophie said warningly. "I'm just making an observation. It's a big difference." "Catherine," Derek said quietly. "Don't." "I'm not being critical. I think it's lovely. Just... surprising. You always dated women your own age before." "I wasn't dating them. I was going through the motions." Derek looked at me, ignoring everyone else at the table. "Maya is different."

“Good let’s get to work.” Meredith had been working at Maxwell Sharp Marketing Inc. for a little over a year. She had graduated and started work within less than three months. She was twenty-four and felt like she was forty. A cat lady that worked too much and never went out. She definitely didn’t feel like she was in her mid twenties.

"Miss Meredith, you're still the same, and you still love rejecting others." Meredith tried her best to remain polite and said, "Mister Zaleski, please don't take it to heart. After all, it's been so many years." "I'm just wondering why I wasn't born ten years earlier, otherwise..." "Mister Zaleski, I said the same thing last time…." Meredith interrupted him without smiling. "I remember I said it last time, even if you are ten years younger, we can't be together." 'That's because I despise you!'