Mia POV

“You don’t think I know how hard it is to get out of the mould this town forces you into?” he asked. “Do you know how hard I had to work to get people to take me seriously? Even now, after years of proving myself repeatedly, the town still only sees me as the little shithead who spray-painted the school gymnasium. Not to mention my father is just waiting for the day that my business fails and I have to go crawling back to the farm like the prodigal son. So I get it. I get why you keep the business secret and I get why you don’t...