Ugly Love (Hoover)/Chapter 33

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Colleen Hoover

Ugly Love. Chapter 33

Miles Says Rachel’s Name, and Tate Walks Away

2014

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Microsummary

Tate comforted a distraught Miles, but he called her Rachel during intimacy. Convinced he could not give her a future, she left him despite his apology and collapsed in tears outside his apartment.

Chapter Summary

Tate comforted Miles as he cried, stroking his back and hair. Seeing how deeply he was hurting, she regretted pressing him about his past and repeatedly assured him that he did not have to explain what had happened.

Miles held her close, then kissed her desperately. Their embrace became a sexual encounter on the floor. Tate accepted the encounter because she wanted to ease his distress and let him escape whatever memories were overwhelming him.

When Miles whispered Rachel’s name, Tate began to cry. He immediately stopped and apologized. Tate took the mistake as confirmation that another woman possessed his past and that he would never offer Tate a future or explain his refusal.

Miles tried to withdraw and explain, but Tate stopped him and asked him to finish. Both continued crying. Although she believed his feelings for her went beyond physical attraction, she felt unable to overcome whatever prevented him from loving her.

They continued the encounter, but Tate had decided their relationship was over. Afterward, she pushed him away, stood up, and dressed. Miles caught her ankle and said her name, recalling the way he had reached for her on the night they first met.

Tate pulled free and left despite the lingering sensations of his touch and tears. Closing the door behind her was the hardest thing she had ever done. Unable to cross the short distance to her own apartment, she collapsed in the hallway and cried.

Characters

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Tate — narrator, young adult woman involved with Miles; compassionate and willing to put his pain before her own, but devastated when he says another woman’s name, leading her to walk away.

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Miles — young adult man involved with Tate; overwhelmed by undisclosed past pain, emotionally guarded yet openly distraught, and apologetic after calling her Rachel during intimacy.

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Rachel — female figure associated with Miles’s past, age unspecified; absent from the scene, but her name makes Tate believe his attachment to the past prevents him from offering a future together.

Quotes

No amount of armor in the world and no wall no matter how thick could hide the devastation in his eyes right now. It’s so prominent, and there’s so much of it, I have to hold my breath so I don’t cry with him.

I’ll never have his past, because *she* has it.
I’ll never have his future, because he refuses to give it to anyone who isn’t her.
And I’ll never know why, because he’ll never tell me.

I close the door behind me, and it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done.
I can’t even walk the three feet back to my apartment.
I collapse in the hallway.
I’m liquid.
Nothing but tears.

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