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.

walked straight up to Josefina and bowed once more, "Miss, how may I assist you

on

Ruby. Could Josefina actually be

quickly tried to regain his composure. He grabbed Ruby's hand, "Ruby, let's check out the goldsmith next door. Gold always looks good on a

as they turned to leave, Josefina's voice casually floated

store further down, but before they could make a move, Josefina preempted their thoughts, "That one's mine too." The crowd was

new image of Josefina with the country girl

Had Ruby lied to him? Ruby, grasping the gravity of the situation, inhaled deeply and forced calmness into her voice, "This

had their moment of realization. Was

as hers if it belonged to her sugar

establishments, she undoubtedly has the means to procure their wares. But why should she prove anything to you?" After all, the daughter