Love Redesigned (Lakefront Billionaires, #1)

by Lauren Asher

Screw guys in backward ball caps and gray sweatpants. Men in hard hats and work boots are my new kink, thanks to Construction Ken standing in front of me with muscular arms and killer cheekbones.

He stares up at me like one does the sun—in equal parts pain and wonder.

You’re playing with fire, my head warns. Wrong. I’m playing with something far more dangerous. Dahlia Isabella Muñoz.

Truth is, I do care about Dahlia, regardless of whether I want to or not. Caring about someone isn’t the end of the world, I tell myself. Except Dahlia isn’t someone. She is so much more.

I hold it up above her head and tear the plastic off. To spite her for being difficult, I pop open the cap and pour some into my mouth before passing the container back.

The fact that i could perfectly imagine this and im obsessed

“Stories like this make me glad I was born after penicillin was invented.”

Im allergic

“Funny, because for a moment, it felt like you were talking about us.”

Oh she was

And what would have happened if I had confessed that he isn’t the only one who regrets his actions, because I do too?

Dont tell me this… tell julian

He shrugged. “You better tell her soon before someone else makes a move on her.”

Ewwwww i dont like that

God give me the strength to make it through this meeting with my team while fighting a hard-on.

Ahhhhh

I don’t need a pro-con list to remind me of all the reasons kissing Dahlia is a bad idea.

Ahhhh

His lips curl. “You. I want you.”

AHHHHHH

“I’m going to kill him.” Julian’s expression sends a shiver down my back.

LFG!!!!!!

“When did we go from wanting to murder each other to wanting to murder for one another?” I tease in a desperate attempt to change the subject.

Ahhh i love this

“If you have to change yourself to fit someone’s ideal version of you, then that’s not love.”

Light floods the attic, and it takes me a few seconds to process the laughs of the two walking dead men hiding behind the support beams.

IM DEAD!!! LMAO

I want Julian. I want him so damn badly, and I’ve spent far too long acting like I didn’t.

Girl we know!!!!

He didn’t buy everything, because that would have been excessive, but he purchased enough to prove that he followed each launch and chose a favorite.

Im crying

He supported your dreams without you knowing it.

Julian goes out of his way to turn cooking together into some kind of romantic date. Him spoon-feeding me under the guise of wanting my approval. The way he pulls me into a quick dance whenever my favorite song pops up on the playlist. How he steals kisses between random visits from Lily, who spends more time taste-testing food than actually helping.

Ugh i love this

“I’m falling in love with you, Dahlia. I don’t expect you to say it back after everything you’ve been through this year, but I didn’t want to go another night without you knowing how I feel. Just like I can’t go another day with you thinking I’m okay with us keeping things casual.” Por Dios. His eyes shimmer from the moon peeking through the clouds. “I missed out on a chance to make you mine before, but I don’t plan on making the same mistake again. We’re the real deal, sweetheart, and I’m done letting you believe anything else.”

I don’t want casual, and I’m done pretending otherwise.

Yessss good for you

“Turns out I’d rather build a home with you than a thousand houses by myself.”

“Life without you is hardly considered a life at all, so I’m not giving up anything by following you to San Francisco.”

“You’re a vicious little thing, but I love you for it.”

Ahhh

Mine to love. Mine to marry. Mine to cherish for as long as we live.