Amelia POV

Amelia let out a moan. "Up until I tried to con him into buying a house with his money, and I stole it."

"That is something that neither of us would have imagined happening in the absence of tequila. Furthermore, he ought never to have concealed that money from you. Mia inhaled deeply. "Don't you know why he did it? Do you know why he was holding onto the cash?

Indeed, Amelia replied. "During our argument, he revealed it to me—or rather, yelled it at me."

Smith and Mia's parents left little for their children when they perished in an automobile accident. Miaand Smith had no inheritance or...