Miss Josefina: Nobody's Princess

Ruby watched the overly confident Josefina and raised her voice slightly, saying, "Josefina, stop messing around. It'll be embarrassing when the manager comes later."

Xavier chimed in with a smirk, "Ruby, don't waste your breath on her. What can a fake heiress do, anyway? It's not like she's the one signing the checks here."

Josefina's lips curled into a smug smile as she gave Xavier a top-to-bottom once-over. He stepped back and said, "What are you looking at? Keep dreaming, sweetheart, you can't have this."

Just then, the manager approached. As everyone braced for Josefina's humiliation, the manager bowed deeply and said, "Miss, why didn't you let me know you were coming? I would have rolled out the red carpet for you at the entrance."

What! Rolling out the red carpet for her? Who was the manager talking to?

Xavier and Ruby glanced around, searching for some elusive VIP, pointedly ignoring the obvious - Josefina.

manager walked straight up to Josefina and

Josefina eyed the jewelry on display, "Just browsing,

and Ruby. Could Josefina actually be the owner of the

Ruby's hand, "Ruby, let's check out the goldsmith next door. Gold always looks

they turned to leave, Josefina's voice casually floated over, "The shop next door is mine as

the luxury watch store further down, but before they could make

of Josefina with the country girl Ruby had described. Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the FindNøvᴇl.nᴇt website on

she really be just a gold-digger from the country? Doubt crept into Xavier's mind. Had Ruby lied to him? Ruby, grasping the gravity of the situation, inhaled deeply and forced calmness into her voice, "This is your store? And you

onlookers had their moment of realization. Was this woman

could claim the shop as hers if it belonged to her

standing by, chimed in, "Since our lady owns these establishments, she undoubtedly has the means to procure their wares. But why should she prove