Cougar Connections #1
“I’m not opposed to having a family, and I’m definitely not opposed to sex. But there’s got to be something in between, right? Like maybe just having a nice meal, like this. Or watching a movie. Just picking up the phone and saying hi. Not everything should have to mean everything or nothing, you know?”
I looked at Eric and really listened to what he was saying. He wasn’t looking for all the answers. He wasn’t even looking for all the questions. He just wanted something in between the times when he had to figure out where everything was going. I could understand that. I was kind of there too.
Megan wasn’t looking for forever.
At fifty-one, divorced for a decade and comfortable with the life she has built, she isn’t even sure she’s looking for a relationship. Then a dating app introduces her to Eric, a twenty-six-year-old man who is easy to talk to, impossible not to notice, and very clear about wanting to spend time with her.
Dinner becomes an afternoon together. An afternoon becomes kissing. And somewhere between bookstores, pizza, and evenings on Megan’s deck, something that was supposed to be casual starts feeling unexpectedly real.
Neither of them knows what to call it. Neither is ready to make promises.
But Megan knows one thing: this isn’t nothing.
Between Nothing and Everything is a short, open-door contemporary romance about unexpected attraction, honest desire, and two people giving themselves permission to enjoy something good without knowing where it will lead.