Ugly Love (Hoover)/Chapter 10

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Colleen Hoover

Ugly Love. Chapter 10

A shared home and rules for a secret romance

2014

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Chapter Summary

Six years earlier, Miles had told Ian about his relationship with Rachel. Rachel trusted Ian to keep their secret. When she moved into Miles's home, he gave her his bedroom with its own bathroom. Ian helped unload boxes and teased them before leaving.

Miles's father thanked him for welcoming Rachel and said he made a good brother. Miles resented another woman replacing reminders of his mother. He only pretended to accept the arrangement because Rachel mattered to him.

Alone with Rachel, Miles kissed her. Their romance had begun three weeks earlier, but hiding it at school, in public, and from their parents had left them little time together. Rachel proposed rules to avoid discovery.

She ruled out making out while their parents were home and sex, fearing it would make their eventual separation harder. Miles questioned the limits, noting they had six months left. After discussing their past experience, he locked her door, returned to her, and kissed her again.

Characters

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Miles — narrator, male school student secretly involved with Rachel; generous toward her, resentful of his father's new domestic arrangement, and reluctant to accept limits on their relationship.

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Rachel — young female school student and Miles's secret romantic partner who moves into his home; affectionate but cautious about discovery and the pain of their anticipated separation.

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Miles's father — adult man forming a new household with another woman; unaware of his son's romance with Rachel and grateful for what he interprets as brotherly kindness.

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Ian — young man and Miles's confidant who knows about the secret romance; helps Rachel move in, teases the couple, and enjoys being trusted with private information.

Quotes

He thinks I’m okay with this. With the fact that he’s allowing
another woman to push out the last reminders of my mother.
I’m not okay with it.

He tells me he
appreciates that I’m being nice to Rachel. He says he wishes he
and Mom could have given me a sibling when I was younger.
He says I make a good brother.

We can’t
interact like this at school. We can’t interact like this in public.
We can’t interact like this in front of our parents. I can only
touch her when we’re alone

This summary is based on the UK edition of the novel (London: Simon & Schuster UK, 2014).