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God. I’m trying.
“Your family is everyone in this fucking room,” he retorts. “We’re all bound together one way or another, and there will be a time when you need him.” He points at Ryke. “Or him.” He motions to me. “Just as they needed you tonight. So you want to be a selfish little fuck and paddle out on your own little lifeboat and leave everyone else to drown, so be it. You go do that, Samuel. Because when the rest of us are carrying lifejackets, we won’t throw you one.”
jonathan is actually PREACHING.
“If I’m spineless, then every man in comparison is an annelid.” My father’s brows shoot up. “An anus?” Rose cuts in, “A worm.” Connor is grinning, loving that his wife understood him.
BRO SAID FROM BOOK 1 THAT HE WANTS A WOMAN WHO CAN UNDERSTAND AND MATCH HIS ENERGY. connor can say all he wants that he doesn't believe in fate, but this man MANIFESTED.
My dad has one-fourth of his drink left. He’s fixated on it—or maybe I am. He’s almost going to finish it off, and I can’t keep speculating. On impulse, I step forward and steal the glass from him. He cocks his head at me like really, son? I sniff the liquid, just smelling lime, but I see carbonation bubbles. Gin and tonic? And then Jonathan Hale, with his graying sideburns, narrows his deadly eyes and gives me a single dark look: drink it, son. If you don’t fucking trust me. I go cold, put the rim of the glass to my lips— “Lo!” Ryke yells, his hand clamping on my shoulder, about to tear the
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LOREN. WHY WOULD YOU DRINK IT. WHAT IF IT WAS ALCOHOL.
“It’s just carbonated water and lime,”
at least they're both still sober. but omg?? lo just had a 50/50 chance.
She was quiet and shy and when the stewards came around to ask us if we’d like any drinks, she’d whisper her order in my ear.
i love childhood friends to lovers so much. this is ADORABLE.
I fell in love with her.
We were just playing pretend, but after we went through the “ceremony” in our backyard, I called Lily my wife on the boat. My dad even fed into it, telling me to “go get my wife for dinner” when Lily was taking too long in the shower.
so cute!!
From our pretend weddings, to our pretend relationship—in the end, it’s all become reality. And I would love to never, ever grow up with Lily Calloway. In one universe, we’ll be young forever.
:')
My sister is still pretending that fate is working in her favor and that she’ll have a girl. No one knows though. She won’t check.
i think it's a boy.... the only second gen edits i've seen are of ben & charlie cobalt (roseconnor's kids)..... i haven't seen a girl..... AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S OUT OF CHARACTER IF IT'S ONLY THOSE TWO BECAUSE IT'S THE COBALT LEGACY since rose would 100% vouch that a woman can take over too..... i mean, connor's MOM was the owner originally, so even he wouldn't discriminate. I DON'T KNOW.
“I’m insatiable,” I say the words that I’ve always known. “You’re perfect,” he breathes, tucking a piece of hair behind my ear. “And after we finish this wall, I’ll finish inside you.”
Ryke would not appreciate Daniel’s lingering gaze, and now my friend instincts take over. I cough into my hand, disrupting his staring. “Yes?” he asks me. “I’d like it if you stopped ogling my sister.”
One even places his palm on her shoulder. It falls to her back. And then lower, sliding down to the spot above her ass. No. No.
OH HELL NO??
And then Maximoff kicks me again, this time in the bladder. So hard that I have no opportunity to stop myself. The water I downed at the other table suddenly leaks. My world is in slow motion. Everyone waits for me to finish my sentence while a wet spot sprouts on my khaki slacks. Oh my God.
BRO.
I think, maybe, that’s what being sisters is all about. Picking each other up when the other trips. Putting on our sisterly superhero capes when the other needs us. We’re both human in the end.
“A new pair of pants,” Daisy tells him easily. “And panties.” I’d like to disintegrate now. “What the fuck happened?” Concern infiltrates his rough voice. “Ipeedmyself,” I say so quickly. “You pissed your pants?” Ryke asks with questioning, the sound of a drawer sliding open.
IMCRYING.
The elevator dings, and all of the board members quiet, rotating to face the sliding metal doors. Ryke emerges, wearing a leather bike jacket, zipped to the collar, and a black backpack with buckles across the chest. A green water bottle dangles off the lower strap with a carabineer.
wait. he might get on their good sides for coming to a PREGNANT woman's rescue, so they see him worthy of a company regarding babies....
“It’s a multi-billion dollar company; they could’ve ordered subs.” Daisy wears a devious smile. “Ladies don’t put foot-longs in their mouths.” Oh my God. I am alone with Ryke and Daisy. Flirty Raisy. I need help. SOS. Someone save me.
LILY HAS ME DEAD.
I just don’t understand how they can look at me and not see a freak? And why is that all I see when I stare in the mirror?
aw. stop it.
“I have a confession to make,” Daisy pipes in, raising her hand as she sits on the sink. “When I was younger, I totally had a crush on Lo.” I end up smiling, and Ryke is staring at her like what the fuck? “Really?” I say. She nods. “I thought he was really hot.”
I CANNOTTT. RYKE HAS ME DEAD. I LOVE HOW DAISY CAN SWITCH THE MOOD OMG. this is so good.
Ryke stares at her with this hard, dark gaze. “My little brother was your first fucking crush.”
i mean, lily said when you're shaved, you look like loren..... IMCRYING OMG.
“If only you knew me back then,” she says, swinging her legs. He shakes his head. “I’m glad I didn’t know you back then. I would’ve been twenty.”
DAMN. that's crazy.
“Good. I fucking missed you.” He did? “Maybe you should pee your pants more often.” He almost smiles. There is the Ryke Meadows I know…and yes, I love him too. I squint, trying to narrow my eyes. “Not funny.”
their relationship development is the best in the entire series, i swear. from ricochet to here. :')
Ryke sees through it. “Which one of those fucking guys is all over you?” All of them. “None,” she says. “A couple are just touchy-feely.” “Oh yeah?” Ryke is boiling. “Where’d they fucking touch you?” “You said you wouldn’t freak out,” she says. “I never made that fucking promise,” he retorts.
JEALOUS RYKE.
“It’s better this way,” she breathes. “In what world, Calloway?” he asks. “Because in mine, you’re free.”
The moment that Ryke breaks from Daisy and begins walking to the elevator, he shoots the men one of the most territorial glowers. Now more than a couple guys step backwards.
“I’ll give him this,” Irene says, sidling next to me as Ryke disappears into the elevator, “he knows how to make an entrance and an exit.” She sips her champagne. “Just like his father.”
called it. they LIKE it.
If I learned anything today, it’s that Ryke and Daisy’s relationship will not survive if one of them takes this position. It has to be me.
lily, you're an introverted fairy. this is not the job i want for you AT ALL.
I just worry that in twenty-four years, my son will be sitting where I am, thinking about all the mistakes that I made. How I fucked up his life, the same way that I look at my father.
“Why is it so dark in here?” She takes a seat and cringes at the dim chandelier above our bed, as though it’s not doing its job.
Connor glances at the chandelier. “Why is it so dark in here?” And then he flicks the light switch, brightening the room so much that I squint. Jesus Christ. “Better,” Rose tells him.
LITERAL SOULMATES. AWHH.
Rose says, crossing her arms in a huff. But she can’t really do the action with her baby bump, and she growls in frustration. Connor rubs her ankles, and she calms down some.
“Sadie hates hugs,” Rose says. “A woman after my own heart.” She pats her lap, and Sadie curls on top of Rose’s baby bump and purrs.
I LITERALLY SAID THAT SADIE'S ONLY EXCEPTION ON WOMEN WOULD BE ROSE TO JUST SHOW HOW MUCH HER AND CONNOR ARE MEANT TO BE. like the SCREAM i let out when that happened in kiss the sky. OMG.
I gape at her. “You’re seriously going to allow that cat around your baby? Lily has…” I count her Post-its. “Seven notes—” “Eight!” Lily says, waving around another pink post-it. “I was sitting on one.”
THEY'RE SO CUTE. I CAN'T.
We all quiet to the sound of a violent banging, from a body into a piece of furniture. I freeze and hear the proceeding sounds: a high-pitched cry from Daisy. “Ahhhhh! Ryke, Ryke!” Shit. I internally cringe at her sex noises. And then a deep grunt filters through the door. Both Lily and Rose back up from the wood like it electrocuted them.
IMDONE. of course, they're the couple with intense tension that turns into SEXUAL tension!
There’s something about Lily that makes all the terrible parts of me seem irrelevant. That makes a bad day momentary and a good one infinite. It’s love like this that’s worth living for.
I am one-hundred percent certain that Connor does his own laundry and he’ll even wash Lo’s on occasion.
awww. love me a mature man. ROSE, MOVE.
Instead, I hold a pair of boxer-briefs. Male underwear. Dark green. I know Lo’s underwear, and that is not a Loren Hale color. I drop them on instinct. They’re either Connor or Ryke’s, but only one of them is rude enough to sneak his clothes into the girl piles. Ryke. I just touched Ryke’s underwear! The same fabric that has also touched his penis. Does that mean by process of deduction that I just… Grossgrossgross.
IMDEAD.
His brows rise and then he grinds his teeth, his jaw twitching. God, I love that, and my body responds, my toes curling a bit.
lily is the realest.
“What…did you do to your hair?” Rose suddenly asks, seeing Daisy first and everyone quiets.
WHAT..
She fixes her hair to one side of her shoulder while Connor studies Rose with more concern, sidling closer to her. He whispers in her ear and she nods to him. The bad thing about nerd stars: they’re so high up that it’s hard to hear or see unless you exist in space with them.
my parents.™ (literally)
Rose holds up a bundle of pastel green onesies and shows off the top one: orange tabby cats printed all over the green cotton. It’s so cute and— “Unisex,” Lo mentions. “Just in case you have a boy.” He doesn’t add that the cats are just like Sadie, who Connor has already given to Frederick, his therapist, to take care of for a while. Rose was visibly upset the entire day that Sadie left, her eyes reddened like she’d been crying. “I don’t know what to say,” Rose murmurs, her eyes traversing along the fabric.
“You can do this sitting down, darling.” She nods and settles in the Queen Anne, pushed by the wall. The doll rests snuggly on her lap. Connor has his eyes on her for an extended moment before he turns to us.
“I thought you said she swallows,” Lo tells his brother. Oh my God.
GET OUTTT.
Lily Calloway (only spoke to two women last meeting and hid by a plant) needs to be more personable. Too shy. 7 out of 14 love you. Sorry, Lily. – Dad
WHY IS JONATHAN ACTUALLY FUNNY.. like this is cute.
Loren Hale (appeared interested in Hale Co. proceedings but looked exceptionally surly when asked about rehab) needs to work on communication. 10 out of 14 love you. Well done, son. – Dad
loren is gonna win. but at the same time, daisy was doing really good, so they might be close.
Daisy Calloway (sociable and well-spoken, very engaging) needs to stop fidgeting during group conversations. 12 out of 14 love you. Great work, Daisy. – Dad
DANG. SHE ONLY NEEDS TO IMPRESS 2 AND THEY'LL VOTE FOR HER.... she wouldn't like this job though.
“They’re false,” she emphasizes, growling out the word, and her eyes snap open, just to shoot me the evilest glare. She blows out a long breath. “I have three more weeks until my due date. It’s too soon.” Now I notice how Connor’s examining her movements, his gaze traveling across her body. “Motherfuck…” She grips the edge of the leather seat and glances at the window.
are we sure they're FALSE, rose??
“Rose,” Connor says, impassive like usual, “put your legs on the seat for me.” She’s pretty much doubled over now, clutching her knees that have broken apart. Shit. “It’s too early…” Her voice breaks in pain.
Rose screams—a horrific, blood-curdling scream. Connor’s grip tightens on her, as though he’s holding her life in his hands. The terrifying thought: he just might be.
