The Loves We Lost Quotes

“I think about what Miles has shown me. The good and the bad. The rough and the smooth. I’ve seen him after he’s killed a man who wanted to hurt me and Avery. I’ve felt the terror of gunfire. But I’ve also seen the camaraderie of brotherhood, the value of family, and experienced a sense of safety from the man who has relentlessly proven he will do anything to keep me safe.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“You’re mine, and unless you have a fucking good reason, you’re staying here with me. Because short of getting it tattooed on my fucking face, I’ve done everything I can to claim you.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“I don’t want either of us to be alone again. Even though we still haven’t figured out how to be together.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“I feel like you’ve always been mine.”
… “I’m yours, Vi. Always have been.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“There you go, pumpkin.”
As if sensing my mood, she turns and plants her sweaty, dirty palms on my thighs and kisses my cheek. “You’re the best hair putter-upper, Daddy.” She skips off and takes my heart with her.
“Your kid’s full of shit,” Halo mutters. “That’s the weakest ponytail I’ve seen in a long time.”
“Fuck you,” I say, my heart so fucking full, I can’t breathe.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“You tell me that you still want me in your bed at night, making you feel the magic we feel when we’re together. You tell me you want a sibling for Avery. You tell me that you want a man to take care of you after all this time being alone. Financially. Emotionally. Sexually. You tell me all that, and I’m staying so we can figure out the rest. Because that’s a really fucking solid foundation to build on.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“I still want you, Vi. Always have. That’s why it hurt so much to lose you. Because I know I’d never find anyone quite as perfect for me.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“In a world where nothing else matters beyond that fact, we can be whatever we want to with each other.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“Reminiscing with you is dangerous,” I say. “It makes me think about things that simply can’t happen.”
“Here’s the thing, Vi. When it comes to you and me, anything can happen.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“I’d be the only one forever, if you’d let me.”
I let his words drift over me. Their power bolsters me. That he would want me over everyone else forever. For the final time, I focus on the heat of him surrounding me. And then I say what I have to. “And I’d let you, if you were no longer an Outlaw.”
His hands cease moving, and then he steps away. “You’re gonna be the fucking death of me, Vi.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“Jesus fucking Christ,” Miles mutters. “What on earth were you saying to her?”
“I was trying to fucking help like I said I would,” Niro says, his tone exasperated. “This is bullshit, you leaving the two of them here. They should be home with you. And Avery. She needs a mom and a dad who love her and can see her every day. She shouldn’t have to be put in the middle because the two of you can’t get your shit together, you useless fuckers.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“I missed you, Vi. I missed this. Us. The sum of what we were. I wanna come home at night, fucking revved, knowing you’re waiting for me.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“One minute I’m so fucking furious at the decision she made to keep Avery from me. Hell, to keep herself from me. The next, I want to hold her just like this. To step up, be the bigger man, and reassure her that we’ll get through all this somehow.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“I don’t want to be here, but it’s where I’m safest. Miles is the only one who can help me, so I don’t really want to piss him off. But he’s also the man who didn’t choose me. He. Didn’t. Choose. Me. And I guess all along that’s what has hurt most. He rejected me when he put the club first. And he’ll do the same for Avery.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“I can’t take my eyes off the two people in front of me. And while I am going to punish the shit out of Viola for whatever clusterfuck this is, I can’t deny an almost-primal beat within my chest that they are both mine.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“You wrote our story, only you gave two fucking imaginary people the ending you couldn’t give us. What the fuck kind of bullshit is that?”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost

“Viola was once everything to me. And she was also the woman who left me instead of marrying me. The fact she’s using my name as hers when she refused to take it in real life burns.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Loves We Lost