The first and only man she'd ever loved cheated on her and here he was six years later, competing for the job she'd been working towards her entire career.

Derek is the the chief of a hospital and owned multiple businesses. He hires a personal assistant Meredith to work for him and help him make work easier. He is also a cold hearted man who no one can break open. Will he learn to love Meredith or keep going down his path? ⚠️ Mature ⚠️

Derek comes back from D.C. him and Meredith work hard to restore their love that may have never left...

Every secret eventually makes its way out of the darkness. Theirs wasn't any different. It had been six years and that reality still stung her chest. Ellen had vowed to stop thinking about him, about what happened, but there was something about an impending apocalypse that made you reflect on your choices. The world had gone quiet but her mind felt very loud. Memories of him suddenly haunting her. Feelings she had long put to rest finding a way into her heart. She wouldn't romanticize what they had. It was messy and complicated. In some ways their relationship had to be experienced to be understood. They fought hard, and they loved hard. They challenged each other. But most of all, Patrick made her feel alive. He set her heart on fire. To even her surprise, it was that very fire that was warming her heart in the midst of the worlds turmoil. Caught in the flashbacks of a life that was once her's, Ellen must choose to push forward in the life she had built without him or find her way back to the life they could have had.

This is sequel to Hidden in the Shadows; it follows the current adventures, joys, sadness, and triumphs of Meredith, Derek and their family. ❗️Disclaimer❗️ I didn't write this story full credit goes to "mrsmcdreamy29" from the board "Surgical Language" site Tapatalk! Published 2010 I don't own the story or the characters All the characters belong to Grey's Anatomy

HEY GUYS !! if ur reading this it means u stumbled across my story/account ! as much as i am proud of this story and i love it, if you click on my account i have another story that is WAY BETTER but fairly new so therefore less popular. its also shorter and WAY BETTER WRITTEN !!! --- This story is written in 2021 with characters from before season 14. No one is dead! Did Meredith and Derek sort their issues out? Did April and Jackson ever get back together? Did Slexie get a happy ending? Lot's of drama, pretty humorous if u ask me, and not a lot of smut so sorry to all the smut lovers out there, go read merder quarantined if u want that. Anyway, enjoy my story xx Written without COVID because it's depressing otherwise 😗✌️ all the chapters with songs attached are titled with lyrics from that song fyi ***UNDERGOING MAJOR EDITING*** *MOST OF THE CHAPTERS AT THE START WERE WRITTEN WHEN I WAS A YOUNG INEXPERIENCED WRITER but they do get better towards the end... YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED*

Derek has taken up the persona of being a huge asshole, but Meredith sees through it. Through some bumps, they find a way to give each other peace

It all started at the coffee cart. Cormac Hayes and Meredith become closer then they initially thought. Is a wedding in their future? Do the kids approve? Come read to find out.