Verity

by Colleen Hoover

Those were thoughts I couldn’t admit to him, of course. I might have been obsessed with him, but a woman knows if she wants to keep a man forever, she has to act like she could get over him in a day.

Well that’s not the right mindset I think

I created a fictional Jeremy and called him Lane.

Huh

When I got to the bathroom, I locked the door, turned on the water in the sink, and then puked in the toilet. When I let him come in my mouth, I had no idea how much there would be. How long I would have to continue swallowing. Keeping my composure was tough while his dick was in my throat, drowning me.

Oh wow so hot 💩

He gathered the rest of the manuscript and tucked it to his chest. He was going to read it, and all I could think about was stopping him. I didn’t know if it was any good, and I was scared—terrified—that it would make him love me less if he thought I was a bad writer. I dove across the bed to try and reach him faster, but he slipped into the bathroom and locked the door.

Bro respect your wife’s request, so disrespectful

“Your writing is going to make you famous. Your mind is incredible. If I could fuck it, I would.”

I guess that’s a compliment? It’s so weird tho

I laughed, but then his smile disappeared and he started to fuck me. Hard, fast thrusts that he knew would drive me crazy. The headboard was slapping against the wall, and the pillow beneath my head was slipping. “Marry me,” he pleaded again,

I can’t help but feel this being a tiny bit manipulative

But then the night we got engaged became the night we conceived.

Wow so fast

And here is where it gets real. The guts of my autobiography.

Finally!

Who cleans these?

I thought the same thing, twinsies

The clever and talented Verity is no longer in there. Was her body the only thing that survived that wreck? It’s as if she were an egg, cracked open and poured out, and all that’s left are the tiny fragments of hard shell.

Okay why are you being so disrespectful lowen to the person who paid for the house you are staying at AND whose basically providing you a great job that you are so clearly under qualified for since you haven’t even read any of her books before accepting the job

Caring for an egg shell with no yolk.

Totally rude and walking the line of ableism

I feel like it would have been better for everyone if she hadn’t survived the wreck. I immediately feel guilty for thinking that,

As you should

I start to shake my head again, but he holds up a hand. “Stop being considerate. Stop being embarrassed. Just say alright.”

😑😑🙄 Also this is where I started reading from the physical copy of the book

As if the person he cares for is no longer his wife.

Lowen is so terrible, she absolutely sucks as a human being like there’s no compassion or care about anyone but herself and her needs She is unprofessional, creepy (and crappy), inappropriate, disrespectful, judgmental, intrusive/nosey, nasty, self-righteous, pathetic, boring, and many more things but if I go on, im going to ramble on about hoover and I wouldn’t want to insult her personally when I could just criticize or critique her work but obviously she won’t care about what I say, so f*ck it all huh This is definitely the kind of book that could have been interesting if written better, but no, it’s just something to watch/read but not for its quality, just to pass the time or fill some space

“I don’t expect you to know this, especially if you’ve never been around someone in Verity’s condition. But it’s not respectful to discuss people like her as though they aren’t right in front of you.”

THANK YOU APRIL! FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT

I stand up straight, pulling away from my casual position against the wall. I had no idea I was being insulting.

Absolutely thoughtless

He is sweaty, but I don’t really think it’s gross.

Lowen…please be normal

And then, “Why don’t they play poker in the jungle?” “I don’t know, why?” I say. “Too many cheetahs!”

This is definitely a joke I would make, imma steal it now

“It’s funny because it’s not funny.”

Absolutely not true, Crew is literally me right now

“What’s red and shaped like a bucket?” Crew shrugs. “A blue bucket painted red.”

Just stop now lowen, both jokes were terrible

“You aren’t very good at telling jokes.”

I agree with the child

Why did it feel like one?

Stop being weird lowen!

flip through the pages of Verity’s manuscript, hoping to find an intimate scene with Jeremy. I’m not sure what kind of person that makes me in this moment, because reading this is wrong on so many levels, but it isn’t as wrong as crossing that line with him physically would be.

Nope, you are still inappropriate and disgusting for doing this

I can’t have him in real life, but I can learn what he’s like in bed to aid in all my fantasies I’m probably going to have about him.

🤢 🤮

Our sheets were covered in sweat and semen, but we were too consumed with sleep to care.

Ew.

She’s callous.

She’s more so a victim here since she was forced to have these children that she genuinely did not want and now both she and the children are suffering in the process but she’s also an adult so there’s a balance of responsibility between Verity and her terrible husband

I’ve been under the impression that Verity might have been a sociopath, but now I’m leaning more toward psychopath.

Just shut up lowen omg 🤦🏽‍♀️

This is my favorite look on him. Barefoot, casual, easygoing. It’s sexy as hell, and I hate how attracted to him I am. Would I even be attracted to him if it weren’t for the intimate details I’ve read about him in that manuscript?

Girl stop it with the horny brain, get it together (she likes those toes if that’s the first thing she noticed lol)

It’s like a train wreck and Jeremy doesn’t even realize he was mangled in the wreckage.

So has Verity been through a wreckage like Lowen get a fucking grip

so I begin to rummage through Jeremy’s shirts.

HUH?! THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT OF GOING TO THE STORE BEFORE AND GETTING NEW CLOTHES AND JEREMY PAYING FOR THEM? THIS IS SO FORCED AND I KNOW SOMETHING IS COMING, I CAN FEEL IT GODAMNNIT

Verity bit the headboard, some not as noticeable as the others until you’re up close.

Stop looking at it

position—sprawled over Jeremy’s face as I grip the headboard. I close my eyes and slide a hand up into Jeremy’s T-shirt, imagining it’s his hand that drags up my stomach and caresses my breast.

Girl just get a vibrator, or a dildo, or even just go out and find a man like literally do anything AND stop thinking about this weird married man like this ewww

what people say to her? Does she sense the sunshine when it’s on her skin? Does she know whose touch is whose?

When you talk like this, it’s really disrespectful and I need you to stop 🛑 ✋

I put my arms at my sides and lie still, imagining what it would be like not to be able to control my movements.

Be normal Omg stop being a weirdo about every little thing that doesn’t concern you like god get a grip on reality

I close my eyes and all I can think about is that Verity possibly deserves the darkness, the stillness, the quiet. Yet for a psychopath, she certainly has so many still wrapped around her immobile finger.

Shut up, I think you deserve darkness so just shh and move on

“Hey,” he says, turning me to face him. He sees the tears on my face, the terror in my eyes. He loosens his grip, and as soon as he does, I run. I run down the hall, down the stairs, and I don’t stop until I slam the bedroom door and I’m back on my bed.

Girl…if I was Jeremy, I would fire you like you are too much to deal with and now I find you running from my comatose wife’s room in a frenzy like you just murdered her or did something else weird like I don’t trust you with all that. Why can’t you just do your job and move on ugh

He just caught me in his wife’s bedroom in the middle of the night, and his head is probably swarming with questions.

I would be so confused too but like girl just say you sleepwalk and tonight it got weird because you forgot to lock your door I guess, it’s not that scary, more just shocking like you are just overly paranoid

“Jesus,” he says. “I thought it was because you were afraid of me.”

Which would be absolutely valid like I don’t know you dude

wrapping a hand around my head

He keeps doing this and I’m wondering why did he do this with verity or lowen? It feels like he is trying to cradle her

“But I have a son. Seeing you this worried about what you’re capable of is starting to make me worry. Why are you so scared of yourself?”

Completely valid like lowen get it out already

And then it was like a bright light exploded in my head.

Could have said she was going blind because of the pain because that’s so real, whatever this was is not

My own mother was terrified of me.”

But why like she didn’t wake up to lowen holding a knife to her neck or something else specifically threatening her life so why be afraid of her? More like be concerned FOR LOWEN’S SAFETY BECAUSE SHE HURT HERSELF

I crawl into the bed and he scoots in behind me.

Excuse me sir, you are married and I don’t think your wife would find this appropriate. ACTUALLY, this is already inappropriate because you are like kind of her boss like can we be professionals, this is too intimate and gross

like he doesn’t want me to misconstrue our position on this bed in any way.

He shouldn’t be doing this in the fucking first place, could have been the lad who just sits by the bed or sleeps on the ground like there were SO MANY OTHER OPTIONS MY GUY

“I can lock it after you go to sleep. Open it before you wake up. If you ever need out, you can text me, call me, and I’ll open it in two seconds. But I think you’ll sleep better, knowing you can’t leave the room.”

BRO WHAT? I THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAPPEN EARLIER AS A JOKE BUT DIDNT TYPE IT OUT BECAUSE I DIDNT WANNA SOUND INSANE LIKE?! Why don’t you put locks on all of your doors instead so she can’t leave the place…y’all can afford that I’m sure or actually just tell her to take everything she needs to research for the books and make Low go home

I copy and paste a lot of the answers.

What do you mean by that? Does that mean you used someone else’s answers from online or did Corey have some answers for you that you just inserted??? I’m confusion

One more chapter and I’ll stop. That’s it.

Damn you are so nosey but that’s me with pretty good books 👀 and it’s always a lie lol

Live with him and the two girls he loved more than me. Live without him.

Girl needs so much help like this is an unhealthy way to view your life and relationship with your husband and your children

I wasn’t sure because I didn’t know a lot about kids and what they look like at each stage. I just remember waking up and feeling like they were eight or nine.

This should have been cut like there’s no need for this, it’s taking up space for no reason and I should know since I do this when I write and I want to extend the contents of the sentences I’m writing, it’s like you are trying to fill a certain word count or page count clearly

I knew from experience that Jeremy couldn’t get the truth out of me if I had his dick in my mouth.

I fucking knew it omg Hoover you are so predictable and I’m stupid so what does that say And the fact that Jeremy just easily lets go of the fact that he saw you in a concerning state but quickly lets it go for sex, what a loser!