A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Chapter 256

He reached out and lightly tapped Alessia on the head with the gift box. Alessia shot him an annoyed glare.

“Happy New Year, you little rascal.”

It was a small box, still a little warm from his hand.

“Happy New Year,” Alessia replied, accepting the gift and fighting the smile tugging at her lips.

“Oh, right–this is for you. You’re a year older now, so you can’t be so reckless anymore.” She patted her pockets, only then remembering her own gift was in her purse–which she’d left in the car.

“Here you go.” At some point, Cole had parked the car and walked over. He handed her the purse.

Alessia took it, and York’s anticipation was finally rewarded. York, who had been sulking over Ivan’s showing off, was now eager to get back and brag to Ivan

himself.

Alessia tucked Max’s gift into her bag as well.

Max and Cole sized each other up. Cole gave a brief nod; Max just snorted and looked away.

“Are you coming up?” This time, it was Alessia who made the offer.

go,” Max said, ruffling her

the two interacted looked

He waved to Alessia, then climbed into

presents!” As soon as the two–and their dog–left, Alessia waved her gift in

her hat on her, then took

to play it cool, but the smile she couldn’t suppress

on it. Hand in hand, they headed

and the two of them paused, perfectly

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sync.

they were kids, they used to set off fireworks in the backyard themselves. Maybe growing up meant

New Year together too,”

“Yeah,” Cole agreed.

of forever, but whenever they talked about the future, the

took a

been tossed out at the Tate family

picked up when she was

sorts of mismatched photos, but mostly, there were small gift boxes, each with a single word