Terms and Conditions (Dreamland Billionaires, #2)

by Lauren Asher

“Special is the last word I would use to describe you.” It feels far too generic for someone like her.

I’m tempted to pay any price for the word friends to be erased from dictionaries everywhere. I don’t have them. I don’t want them. And I don’t want to be them, especially not hers.

What I’d pay to hear a second of her thoughts. Millions. Maybe even billions.

There is only one word I can think to describe the contentedness wrapping itself around my heart like a suffocating vine. Hygge1.

Kissing her is addictive. Thrilling. So damn wrong I can’t help questioning why it isn’t right.

Iris latches onto my hand. “Relax. Focus on me.” That’s my issue. I can’t focus on anything but her.

Being near her is the furthest thing from uncomfortable. Rather, the warmth of her touch sends a wave of want through me.

“Why would you do that?” “Because some things are more important.”

My grin might make my cheeks hurt, but his small smile causes my whole chest to ache.

“I’m not confused. Far from it, actually. I know exactly what I want.” “And what is that?” “You.”

Yuánfèn: A predestined infinity.

“Stop fighting and give me ten minutes.” “You don’t deserve ten seconds, let alone ten minutes of my time.” “How about ten words then?” I laugh. “I’d like to see you try.” “I am falling in love with you, Iris Elizabeth Kane.”

I could spend forever being kissed like this and still feel like it isn’t enough.

Ya'aburnee1. As in you bury me. A rough translation for the way I want to leave this world before you because I can’t imagine having to go through a single day without you in it.

You make me happy in a way that makes me afraid to blink just in case it all disappears.”

“I’ll give you anything you want—anything at all—so long as you give me a chance to make you as happy as you make me. A dog. A family. A home. I want it all. These are my terms and conditions, take it or leave it because I’m not open to negotiations.”

“Because there is nothing I want more than to turn a house into a home with you.”