Marissa
As if I weren’t already falling head over heels in love with Gio, he had to go and be adorable with my cousin.
Mia counts her bills, beaming at her new favorite person on Earth. How quickly I was replaced. “I get to keep this, right?” she asks for the eighth time.
Gio winks at her. “You sure do. Buy yourself something nice with it.”
I elbow him and he tosses an arm around me.
“Maybe don’t tell your mom,” I suggest to Mia.
“Why not?” She gives me her full attention now. Kids are so damn smart. She knows something’s afoot.
I try to shrug casually. “She might tell you it’s too much to accept as a gift and make you give it back.” That’s not a lie, although it’s way more about who the gift came from than how big it is.
“It wasn’t a gift, I won it!” Mia retorts.
“Then she’ll say
