Alex:

Everything about Lou has changed. I couldn't believe, not in a million years, that this woman standing in front of me could sweep me off my feet, knock the air out of my lungs...again. And this time, as a badass.

There was nothing soft about her in those brown eyes. I knew she despised me. She hated me and I'm ready to do whatever it takes to get her back. Get my sweet innocent Lou back into my life.

"Is that a bet?" Louisa laughed, still reeling from my words.

A small smile crept up my lips. "However you want to see it."

I'd heard whispers of her meteoric...