source: kindle unlimited
rating:★★★✩✩
from goodreads:
Declan
I’m destined to become the next CEO of my family’s media empire.
The only problem? My grandfather’s inheritance clause.
Fulfilling his dying wish of getting married and having an heir seemed impossible until my assistant volunteers for the job.
Our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem.
But the more we act in love for the public, the more unsure I feel about our contract.
Caring about Iris was never part of the deal.
Especially not when breaking her heart is inevitable.
Iris
My plan to marry Declan was simple in theory.
Move in together. Throw a wedding. Have a baby.
We set rules to prevent any kind of issues.
Ones that were never meant to be broken, no matter how much Declan tempts me.
But what happens when our fake relationship bleeds into our real one?
Falling in love was never an option.
At least not for me.
usually i like reading the man’s POV when it comes to the two people point of view stories but i liked iris’ POV a little better this time around.
this story kind of started out too fast for me. i feel like we just got thrown into a mess, i mean i know we knew the terms of declan’s inheritance from the previous book but i feel like it just started too fast. at least with rowan we kind of got a glimpse of who he was and then got the rest of the story. but about a quarter of the way in i didn’t really feel like i knew who declan was besides the big brother.
i liked iris better than zahra, i think i started to like zahra a little more from the little glimpses of her in terms & conditions. iris carried herself with confidence and you could tell she was older than zahra which made it more interesting being that declan is the bigger brother.
iris and declan’s story was cute because he basically fell for her first. i mean they kinda both knew they had feelings for each other from the beginning but the way declan paid attention to all the small things about iris and did the slightest things to show her that he knew and paid attention to her was so cute.
everyone liked terms and conditions better than fine print but i think i like the fine print better. although i really liked terms and conditions i found myself slightly “bored” reading about all the business stuff they have to deal with but when it got spicy it was worth it! even with being “bored “ i still wanted to know more and lauren asher really reeled you in and kept you wanting more! i would have loved to find out how their lives were after everything but i guess we’ll have to wait to see if anything else gets released about them.
we’ll see what the final offer has to offer because i love cal and his relationship with iris!
"I don't feel anything besides a burning desire to achieve my end goal."
"You're never going to accomplish anything worthwhile if you keep to your comfort zone."
"Because it amazes me how the most beautiful flower can blossom from the worst conditions."
"You're only as strong as your biggest fear."
"Learning how to forgive is just as important as asking for it in the first place."