Karolina
„Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. "
Her beauty drew people in, leaving them with either envy or adoration. Her perfect porcelain skin, her silky and long red hair, those endless, perfectly toned legs and her radiant smile forced people to observe her every move and captivated the admiration of countless love-struck passersby.
Those were reasons Derek had first noticed Addison in the crowed of young, restless and determined medical students many years ago.
Her intelligence either scared people off or seduced them into discussing matters of the heart, the philosophy or the medicine they currently studied for countless hours until sleep caught up with them, leaving them yearning for more.
Those were reasons that had first encouraged Derek to ask her out, intrigued and mesmerized by the person he slowly discovered underneath her beauty.
Her sexuality hypnotized him. Her constant desire to love and to experience, her insatiable need for intimacy and the feeling of security left him with a passionate craving for closure and satisfaction.
Those were the reasons Derek fell in love with Addison, hopelessly and completely surrendering his heart and being.
Her support, seemingly limitless trust and faith as well as her ability to give without expecting anything in return and in spite of everything he had ever done and said to deliberately hurt her, made him realize that what they had – carelessly thrown away, was a castle built on friendship. Solid, reliable and outlasting any damage.
Those were the reasons Derek had never stopped loving Addison Adrienne Forbes Montgomery, always Shepherd.