Colleen Hoover

It took four years for me to fall in love with him.

It only took four pages to stop

“Speaking of, did you ever text Lily?”

“I did.”

“She text you back?”

“Sort of. It was a short text, so I decided to take her lunch today to see where her head is at.”

“That was a bold move.”

“I’ve spent my life not making bold moves when it comes to her. I wanted to make sure she knew where I stood this time.”

In her darkness, she is silent.

In my darkness, she screams.

it’s

been a long time since I’ve felt beautiful in someone

else’s eyes

Tell me the most recent thought you’ve had that most people wouldn’t say out loud.”
He pulls his hands up behind his head and looks me straight in the eye. “I want to fuck you.”

In the future . . . if by some miracle you ever find yourself in the position to fall in love again . . . fall in love with me.

“You can stop swimming now, Lily. We finally reached the shore.”

. “It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.”

In the future . . . if by some miracle you ever find yourself in the position to fall in love again . . . fall in love with me.”

I said that because . . . you looked happy that night. When I saw you telling him goodbye, it hurt like hell, but at the same time I was relieved that you seemed to be in a really good place. I didn’t want you to worry about me. And I don’t know . . . maybe I was a little jealous. I don’t know, Lily. I regretted lying to you as soon as I did it