Ugly Love (Hoover)/Chapter 11

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Colleen Hoover

Ugly Love. Chapter 11

A candy-aisle pause deepens Tate’s hopes for Miles

2014

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Microsummary

At a gas station, Tate and Miles admitted their attraction, and he revealed his apology to her father. His tenderness and praise for her lifesaving work strengthened her desire for a future with him.

Chapter Summary

Before leaving her family’s home, Tate heard her father ask Miles how he had slept. Miles blamed Corbin’s sleep talking, and her father remarked that he was glad Miles had stayed in Corbin’s room. Corbin missed the exchange.

Miles later shook her father’s hand and spoke privately to him. During the drive with Miles and her brother, Tate wondered what he had said and whether he regretted their conversation the previous night. His silence made her uneasy.

Needing space rather than a bathroom, Tate persuaded Corbin to stop at a gas station. She wished she could read Miles’s thoughts and enter his heart. However, Miles followed her inside, and being near him continued to overwhelm her.

After wasting time washing her hands, Tate found Miles waiting outside the restroom. He offered to buy her a drink or food. She declined but suggested candy when he seemed disappointed, and he smiled and led her to the candy aisle.

They lingered over candy neither really wanted. When Tate called the situation strange, Miles openly acknowledged their mutual desire to be together in the backseat. They discussed childhood candy cigarettes and confirmed that neither of them smoked.

Tate admitted she did not want candy, but they still hesitated to leave. Miles gently took two of her fingers. When she asked about his private words to her father, he said he had apologized. He released her hand near the exit.

Walking back, Tate doubted she could keep to their second rule: she increasingly wanted a place in Miles’s future, not just physical intimacy. Miles told Corbin there had been a long line, and Corbin showed no suspicion about their absence.

Later, Tate recalled wishing with Corbin that they could fly and told him his work had fulfilled that childhood dream. She asked about watching sunrises from the air. Corbin said he was too busy working to notice, which saddened her.

Miles quietly said he watched the sunrise every time he flew, but kept the experience itself private. Tate called both men superheroes for flying. Miles replied that her work saving lives was more impressive, leaving her even less confident she could resist wanting a future with him.

Characters

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Tate — narrator, young adult woman whose work involves saving lives, Corbin’s sister and Miles’s romantic interest; imaginative, curious, and increasingly drawn to emotional commitment despite their boundaries.

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Miles — young adult man and pilot traveling with Tate and Corbin; emotionally guarded but attracted to Tate, quietly attentive to her, appreciative of sunrises, and respectful of her lifesaving work.

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Corbin — young adult man, pilot and Tate’s brother, driving the group home; impatient about the stop, unaware of their growing intimacy, and matter-of-fact about flying.

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Tate’s father — older adult man, also Corbin’s father; watchful and difficult to read, he questioned Miles about his sleeping arrangements and received a private apology.

Quotes

Sometimes my silence is saying, *I don’t know how to speak to you. I don’t know what you’re thinking. Talk to me. Tell me everything you’ve ever said. All the words. Starting from your very first one.*

I don’t know if I can do this, Miles. I don’t know if I can follow rule number two, because I suddenly want to climb into your future more than I want to climb into the backseat with you.*

Defying gravity? Watching sunrises and sunsets from places Mother Nature didn’t intend for you to watch them from? You really are superheroes, if you think about it.

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