Hat Trick Quotes

“Fuck it,” he whispers, kissing me again. “One night. Let’s play, Lexi.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“I love you,” Lexi murmurs.
“So very much, Riley.”
“I love you too, Lexi baby.” I move my mouth to her forehead and kiss her there too.
“Today’s been a pretty good day, huh?”
"No.” Her arms wrap around my waist, steady and safe. Home. “It’s been the best day.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“You want to know why I’ve had all those good days? Because you were there. Because I’ve been an idiotic, pathetic mess of a man since the first day I saw you. I can’t think straight when you’re around. I can’t walk right when you smile at me. I can’t… I can’t fucking breathe unless you’re looking at me. And everything in your past might have fallen apart, but we won’t. We can’t, because deep down, I know you love me too,” I say.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“Can you read the last three things I have on there?”
“Sure. Let’s see. Get Lexi to like me. Get Lexi to fall in love with me. Get Lexi to spend the—’” She jerks her chin up to look at me. “Riley.”
“Get Lexi to spend the rest of her life with me,” she whispers.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“If you want to run, I’ll chase you. If you want to build a wall to keep me out, I’ll climb it. If you need time, I’ll give it to you. I’m patient, Lexi. I’m going to be waiting for you when you come back. However long that takes.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“I want you to give me my right leg back so I don’t have to be humiliated day after day after fucking day.” I wish I fucking could, because seeing you so mad at the world hurts, I almost shout.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“What do you say?” I ask. “Yes,” she whispers. “Yes to which one?” “All three. To liking you. To loving you. To spending the rest of my life with you, however that might look for us. I want all of that, Riley, and more.” “That’s a hat trick, Lexi baby, and that means I win.” “Win?” She wrinkles her nose, and I kiss away her frown. “What the hell do you win?” “You, obviously,” I say. “I don’t need anything else.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“We have to take care of each other, you know? Too much shit going on in this world to not have love in our hearts,” Lamar says.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“I’ve been broken for months. Half of who I used to be physically and mentally, but when I’m with her, it feels like I’m on my way to being whole again. Every laugh of hers is a stitch that sews the busted-up, ugly parts of me back together. Every smile is a balm to the aches that linger around, and little by little, I’m on my way to being who I used to be.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“Riley. I’m⁠—” “Fully capable of handling things by yourself. I know that. But guess what? Accepting help doesn’t make you weak, okay?”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“I’m a work in progress.”
“You are. We all are. You’re not alone.”
“I know I’m not.” He gives my hand another squeeze and pulls away. “Thank you for being patient with me.”
“Patience is something I’m working on,” I say.
“And showing up is something I’m working on.”
“I’m really proud of you.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“Funny how all my good days include her.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“You want to know why I’ve had all those good days? Because you were there. Because I’ve been a idiotic, pathetic mess of man since the first day I saw you.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“Friends, I tell myself. Bullshit, my brain whispers back.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“God forbid someone likes to pretend they’re in a fictional world”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“I might’ve been six or seven at the time—”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“Women in the past have used all sorts of phrases to describe me: cute. Sexy, but in a nerdy way. Hot as hell when I slide a blindfold over their eyes. The man of their dreams when I kiss their wrists, untying them from the ropes I like to use to keep them still while I eat them out.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“The romance books I read are right: having a guy turn a little unhinged and defend your honor is sexy as hell.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“I’m not supposed to have a favorite player on the team—and I love all the guys I work with—but Riley takes the top spot.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“You’re my best friend, Lexi. Nothing will change that.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“Today was a very, very good day.” “Yeah?” I smile, heart leaping up to my throat when he rests his forehead against mine. “It was pretty great, wasn’t it?” “One for the books,” he murmurs, nose bumping against mine. He bends his neck and kisses me soft and slow, out in the open where anyone could see, and I let him. “You’re my favorite person in the entire world.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“You can have me however you want,” I whisper back to her. Take my whole fucking heart while you’re at it.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“I read romance books. I’ve seen my friends fall in love and get married and have everything they’ve ever wanted. I know it happens, I just… it’s hard for me to believe it’s real and true.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“Grief isn’t linear. Some days are good. Some days he has the energy to give his full effort, and other days he probably struggles to get out of bed.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“For the ones who fight even when they want to give up. I’m rooting for you. (And for the readers who love a hockey player that wears slutty glasses… Riley is for you)”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“It feels more and more like my heart isn’t even my own anymore. It’s hers, and I think it’s always going to be hers.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“I wish I had the balls of a mediocre white man who thinks he’s hot shit. I’d be unstoppable.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“I hate men”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“When did I get so reliant on him making me feel good? When did my happiness become intertwined with him being around? When did I start smiling nonstop? What if I never stop?”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick

“What would it be like if we did this forever? If I woke up next to her every morning and fell asleep beside her every night? That would be a thing of dreams and miracles and everything I’ve ever wanted because it’s her. The woman I haven’t been able to get out of my head from the moment I first saw her.”
― Chelsea Curto, Hat Trick