The Fourth Time Charm (Fulton U, #4)
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At least there were only three spring football practices left before summer break—I’d
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Since when does college football have spring games
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Sliding into the bed, I curled my body around hers, wrapping my arm around her. Just for tonight. Just because of how close I’d come to losing her. Just because I couldn’t help myself.
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Tonight, I’d hold her in my arms. Tomorrow, I’d figure out how to deal with being in love with the coach’s daughter.
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IN LOVE WITH
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Being a double D did wonders for filling out a guy’s XL
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Why do we need to know your bra size
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it was the right thing to do.
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Trttd
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I checked the normal spots my mom stashed cash and found only empty bottles.
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This is relatable
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Wtf does this mean
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I followed his gaze and with horror-movie realization saw the spot on the front of my pants. The slightly damp, definitely not pee spot as I stood with his daughter’s arm wrapped around me.
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Yikes is not enough
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“I’ve loved her since we were fifteen. It’s never going away.”
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Aw
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I’d gone straight for his dick. Stepping up my game. Maybe next time around, I’d grab a strap on and some lube.
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Asdfghjkl
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Who stopped a girl mid-hand job? Although it was more like a hand-internship or hand-volunteer-work than an actual job.
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Asdfghjkl
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This time I wasn’t going to be left behind. This time I’d do the leaving.
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This is mental illness
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footballsfinest11@gmail.com FROM: I_love_ripley_foreva@gmail.com
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These are horrible email names
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Sometimes it felt like I could disappear and no one would really care. It felt like I was a temporary fixture in someone’s life until they moved on. But with LJ I felt like I mattered—always.
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Third time was the charm, right?
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Aw the title makes sense
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I got in trouble for hiding my mom’s booze.
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Lol
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“All I’m doing is leaving first.”
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Mental illness
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“All you’ve managed to show me is that you’ve been more of a father to these kids you barely know than you ever were to me.”
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She is not wrong
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“Because I don’t want to be here. You had your chance to be my father, and you walked away without a second thought.”
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‘finally,’ I stared into his eyes, seeing the truth of his words. My heart was finally free to let all those feelings loose,
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This was a huge character change too quickly
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I thought I was ready to see you like this, but holy shit, Marisa.”
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Aw
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He dropped his head back and hissed like he was in pain. An excruciating pleasure he couldn’t get enough of and couldn’t escape.
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Hot
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“So fucking beautiful. Make it good for her. So fucking beautiful.” On repeat.
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Wait thats so adorable
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I rode the waves, moving from peak to peak before he thickened inside me,
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Omegaverse?
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“Plus, you have a used condom stuck to the back of your jeans.”
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Asdfghjkl
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It was better to be with him than to be apart thinking about all the things being with him meant.
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He got to play house while trying to destroy the closest thing I’d ever had to a home.
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not every parent deserves a second chance—or even a first chance. Sometimes drawing that line is the best thing you can do to protect yourself.”
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I tried to get my hands on the spices in the cabinet by the stove.” Spices—aka, the booze stash.
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Lol
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This was the moment. The moment he left.
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80% breakup
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Marisa: I’m not coming back tonight Me: When are you coming back? Marisa: Go to bed. I’m sure you’re tired. Me: Where are you?
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she’s so annoying wtf
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“When people are scared they do some crazy things. Terrible things they wouldn’t normally do.” A haunted look crossed his face.
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✨haunted✨
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“You don’t have anywhere to go?” “Not really.”
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bitch you have a house
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been scared to go back to the house, especially after seeing the pictures he’d been tagged in on social media, where he’d been cozying up with some football fans at a bar. Why didn’t he just take me out back and shoot me to put me out of my misery?
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bruh you’re so annoying
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He’d announced to everyone that he was single and ready to mingle, and he’d hooked up with some chicks just hours after texting me to say now wasn’t a good time.
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god you’re annoying
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“You kissed me and then said thanks for saving Charlie’s life, like it was my reward for donating bone marrow. I didn’t want you to like me because I’d helped your dad—and what if it hadn’t worked? You’d have never wanted to speak to me again.”
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you’re so annoying
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“It’s not like I was hiding it. I just didn’t mention
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that's called hiding
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“The whole time I was making plans for us, you were planning on making your big escape.” The gut punch was unlike any I’d felt on the field.
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Double Homicide
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“Looks like the Marisa Magic has finally worn off.”
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Stfu annoying bitch
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“You’ve always said you can’t understand how he did what he did, and that you’re nothing like your dad. Turns out you are wrong. You’re exactly like him, pushing away and running from the people who love you.”
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Damn double homicide
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They almost can’t stop themselves from trying to prove to you that your love’s not real. They try to force your hand until they prove it to you.”
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“Sometimes parents fucking suck. I’m not talking about getting grounded for bad grades or having to take out the trash. They’re the people who’re supposed to love us most, but it gives them an in. They can also be the people with the first crack at hurting us most.”
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!!!
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Just because two people made a kid doesn’t mean they’re true parents and it doesn’t mean they deserve all the chances in the world.”
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!!!
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I couldn’t make her love me like I loved her.
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:'(
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I was pretty toxic. I was surprised LJ hadn’t figured that out years ago.
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Same
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The first people I was supposed to depend on had failed me.
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Same
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Not when I’m completely, irrevocably in love with you. You can’t rewrite fourteen years of history in a couple weeks.”
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Pack it up bella swan
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“See you on Monday, Dad.”
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DAD
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“Not if you go down first.” Keyton cleared his throat. “I didn’t mean…not…”