# Read the first page of Love Arranged by Lauren Asher

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- Page: https://uncovered.ink/read/love-arranged-lauren-asher
- Genre: Spicy romance
- Year: 2025
- ISBN: 9781728292151
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## The opening

LAURENCE
Have you ever done something bad?

ANA
I can't tell if you're trying to flirt with me or scare me into never using Eros again.

LAURENCE
And if it's the first?

ANA
Well, if I have done something bad, then I'm not about to disclose it in a chat that some random IT guy could read when he's bored.

LAURENCE
And if it's the second option?

ANA
Then I have a feeling we're not talking about traffic violations or borrowing my sister's favorite sweater and shrinking it by accident.

LAURENCE
Most definitely not.

ANA
Good to know.

ANA
Then as your unofficial legal counsel, I need to advise you against continuing this conversation.

LAURENCE
Are you a lawyer?

ANA
After all the dramatized detective shows I’ve seen, I could run a law firm.

LAURENCE
Straight into the ground?

ANA
I’m wounded that you think so little of me. Have a little faith.

LAURENCE
I have some.

ANA
Just not the good kind?

LAURENCE
Exactly.

ANA
You are aware this is a dating app and not a crisis hotline, right?

LAURENCE
It’s easy to forget given the state of your love life.

ANA
Mine? What about yours?

LAURENCE
It was DOA years ago.

ANA
Aw. Did someone break your heart?

LAURENCE
Who said I have one?

ANA
Well then now’s my chance to drop a clichéd “everyone has a heart, even if yours is a bit broken” line.

LAURENCE
You’ve got a real talent for words.

ANA
Really?

LAURENCE
No.

ANA
Maybe it’s time for me to delete this anonymous chat and find someone who appreciates my charm AND has no problem meeting up in person after spending the last few weeks messaging nonstop.

LAURENCE
Giving up already?

ANA
Your sunny disposition is starting to wear on me a bit.

LAURENCE
Your jokes are improving. I nearly laughed.

ANA
Is there hope for me yet?

LAURENCE
I hate to break it to you, but I have about as much hope as I do faith.

ANA
You know what I learned from fostering animals?

ANA
Hurt dogs don’t holler. They bite.

ANA
Sometimes I think about packing my bags and going somewhere else.

LAURENCE
I don’t believe you.

ANA
You’re right. I love Lake Wisteria and plan on spending the rest of my life here. It’s part of my whole thirty-year plan to buy a cottage, have a few kids, and start a bee sanctuary in my backyard.

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