Hopeless (Chestnut Springs, #5)
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Read between September 23 - September 29, 2025
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“No, I’m scared of you becoming something I can’t live without.”
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Giving me exactly what I want, like he could never say no to me.
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Or maybe in this moment, we both realize that neither of us cares to struggle. We’ve both struggled enough already.
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“So long as you’re wearing that ring, this pussy is mine.”
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She didn’t expect me to stick around after being intimate with her, and that realization is like a steel-toed boot to the gut.
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It feels like the world stands still for a moment. Like I just poured myself out there and am waiting to be judged. It’s a strange sensation, waiting for another person to choose when I’ve always prided myself on being a person of action. A rational decision-maker.
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It’s not fair to need her like this. It wasn’t the deal we made. But I care less about that deal all the time and more about keeping her close.
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Bailey might get uncomfortable around other people. But not me.
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Been dreaming of holding her like this since then, so I might as well capitalize on it while the opportunity is still here.
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And I spend all night dreaming of teaching her all the things she wants to know. But only here and only for me.
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There’s something fractured about Beau. About his spirit. Like he’s torn between so many versions of himself and doesn’t know which one to pick. I wish he knew it's okay to be all of them with me.
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At every stoplight, he reaches back and rubs my calf until it turns green again. And nothing about any of it feels fake.
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We had an agreement. This shouldn’t be a date night. But I want it to be.
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Not wanting to lose sight of her ever.
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“I want to be yours for real.”
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I’m memorizing you,”
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“You’re perfect,” I murmur as I kiss my way down the valley between her breasts. “Every inch. Every look. Every word.”
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“I’m so fucking hung up on you, it’s not even funny,”
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Into her. That seems like it’s vastly understating whatever it is I feel for Bailey. Invested. Possessive. Obsessed.
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Do I love her? God. What a pedestrian question, one that feels like it doesn’t encompass all the feelings I have for her. It doesn’t seem like enough. But I’ll keep telling her, keep showing her, until I figure out better words to describe the way I feel about her.
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I feel unworthy in the most profound way. But I want to be worthy. I feel desperate to be.
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This girl has brought me back to life without even trying. All that time I searched for someone to make me feel something, and she was right fucking there.
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“I feel whole again with you.”
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She’s gripping me to her like she might breathe me in and sustain herself on my kiss alone.
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I know this man would tear the world apart to find me. To save me. But I’m so tired of needing saving.
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“Stop agreeing with me. We’re still fighting.”
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“Sorry. My bad. It’s just that I am also hashtag team Bailey.”
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Beau: Everyone better show up tonight. Harvey: YES, SIR. Beau: You can’t say that. Like, ever, Dad. Harvey: Why not? Harvey: . . . Sir? Beau: You just can’t. It’s off the table now. Jasper: REPORTING FOR DUTY, SIR. Rhett: SEE YOU FOR DINNER, SIR. Cade: WHY AM I RELATED TO SO MANY IDIOTS, SIR? Beau: I hate you all. See you tonight.
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We’re symbiotic, you and me. Without you, this version of me doesn’t exist. Without the next version of you, the next version of me doesn’t exist either. We’re going to grow together.”
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