Heartless (Chestnut Springs, #2)

by Elsie Silver

I like her and I’m glad my little brother was smart enough to put a ring on it.

hehehehehe i love summer and rhett sm 🫶

All thick arms and broad chest and furrowed brow. Dirty boots. Muscular thighs. Cowboy porn with a frown.

I’ll take a boozy brunch with my bestie and a dirty book in bed by eight for a thousand, Alex.

I fucking love the pair on this girl. If I weren’t so irritated by how attracted I am to her, I’d be cheering her on.

willa is such a force to be reckoned with

“Beg.” “Pardon me?” “You heard me.” Her lips don’t even twitch. She’s not joking at all. “Beg.”

i love that out of context, this is still just as 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 as it is in context to what's happening in the scene

A smart man would say, Yes, please leave. That’s an excellent idea. I am not a smart man.

“Wanted to come see what a well-blown yard looks like, huh?” I ask.

this whoooole scene had me in SHAMBLES lmao 💀

He seems younger when he’s laughing. Lighter somehow. It makes me laugh too, and before I know it, we’re both standing there, regarding the clean, violated yard, having a chuckle together.

🥹 he is a king

“Eaton. You grumpy motherfucker. You just laughed,” I blurt. “Yeah, Red. I did.” He turns to me and offers the most devastating smile. One that makes my stomach flip and my lips pop open in shock.

:) <3 screaming and crying at how much cade feels like he has to hide from everyone except willa

She’s a spark in the dark. Dancing flames against a midnight sky. She shines brighter than almost anyone in this entire place with her glossy hair, bright dress, and twinkling green eyes.

“Truth or dare,” he bites out. “Truth,” I reply, not sure I can handle another dare or where it might take us. His brows furrow and his eyes narrow on mine. “What are you thinking right now?” “That I like sitting here with your eyes on me.”

❤️‍🩹😍

I realize they hurt because I’m smiling that hard. The back of my throat aches as I watch Willa spin my little boy around the kitchen on what’s meant to be her day off.

please stop making me cry cade?!

As we sway, I take my time trailing my fingers over her rib cage. And I don’t miss the way she shivers when I do.

i literally highlighted this so that i wouldn't forget how giddy this scene made me🥹🫶

Red, The coffee is for you. Starting some two-year-olds today. If you feel like getting your back broken, meet me at the barn and you can sit on one. - C I snort. Oh, I feel like getting my back broken alright. By him.

I'm gonna throw up because this is equal parts cute and hot

Cade is the embodiment of actions speaking louder than words. He wasn’t about to fall all over himself apologizing for not making enough coffee for me. Instead, he just made more and left me a mug, knowing that it would make me feel good.

say it with me: if he wanted to, he WOULD--and cade is proof

I wink at him. “Thank you for the coffee. I’m ready for you to break my back.”

the more time I spend with her, the more I feel like she’s my psycho.

:)

“Hat forward. Cute.” Her free hand mimics grabbing the brim of a cap and turning it backward. “Hat backward? Game on. It’s like a switch.”

the girls that get it, get it. feeling seen.

“Willa. You will not mess it up. You need to believe in yourself. You’re smart. You’re capable. You’re determined. I know you are because you made me like you when I swore I never would.”

eeeeeepppppp slow burn girlies rise UP

But those thoughts come to a screeching halt when I step into my darkened room and see copper hair floating across my pillows. The light from the hallway illuminates her creamy, pale arm wrapped around Luke’s tiny body.

willa was meant to be that boy's mama and i stand by that

“What are you doing?” I grumble as I wipe at my watery eyes, no doubt smudged with mascara. “Taking care of you,” he replies without even looking my way. His tone says that I just asked him a stupid question. “That’s fine. I can take care of myself.” “I know you can, but you don’t have to because I’m here to help.”

"you came?" "you called" trope is aliiiive and well in this eaton boy

He continues caressing my back and, like the saint he is, doesn’t even look horrified by me. “It’s okay, Red. I got you.” I got you.

of course he does???? you idiot???

“That’s my girl.” His deep voice vibrates through my bones, and then his fingers are in my hair, gently combing it back into a ponytail and wrapping a soft silk scrunchy around it. One he must have fished out of my drawer. I moan at the feel. At his words. My girl.

this! trope! is! the! best!

It’s funny and I should laugh. But I’m caught on the part where she’s married to some man who rolls his eyes at her. A man who isn’t me. And I have somehow failed to wrap my head around the fact that I’m going to be connected to this woman for the rest of my life.

nah bestie she's just rambling out of anxiety...it's the mental illness innit

There’s an energy about him. He looks dangerous tonight, and well, I’m in the mood for a fight.

SHEEEEEESH

He spins now, all fire and brimstone. “I think I can’t get you out of my head, no matter how hard I try. I think you’re too damn tempting and that I’m too damn complicated. I think you smell like him, and I can’t fucking stand that.”

ALEXA PLEASE PLAY THE BRIDGE OF DRESS BY TAYLOR SWIIIIIFT

I chuckle. “I don’t care. Don’t you get it? I’m in love with you, Willa. Prickly legs, random carrots in your purse, pregnant, not pregnant. I want you.”

now who's looking at who like they hung the moon?

A country boy who looks as good as Cade Eaton should be illegal.

amen. go ahead and add Rhett and Theo to this list too pls

And she’s there, smiling, gripping the metal fence panel with one hand, the other slung over her stomach, looking at me like I hung the moon—and for her I would. I’d do it for everything she’s given me in such a short time . . . A love Luke has never known. A reason for me to smile again. A person to talk to after so many years of silence.

throwing up omg

“Do you think . . .” He peers back up at me now. “Do you think it would be okay if I called you mom too?”

STOP THE PRESSES RIGHT NOW AT THE WAY I LITERALLY CHOKED ON MY TEARS

Cade: Rhett gives me a headache. Specifically.

now cade knows what it was like to read flawless lmao