Miss Josefina: Nobody's Princess

Early the next morning, Rowan awoke to a guard's voice at the door, informing him that the villa was surrounded and no one was getting out.

With a slap on the table, Rowan stood up, his injured hand bleeding anew. "Insolence! That ungrateful brat tried to imprison me! What is he thinking?"

Sydney tried to soothe him, "Rowan, try to calm down. Your hand is bleeding again."

She shouted, "Get the driver to ready the car. Can't you see his hand bleeding? We need to get him to the hospital, pronto."

Before she could finish, a doctor with a medical kit entered from outside. "I'm a physician, and I can help treat the wound." Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the Find ɴøᴠel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Rowan snorted, "And just who the hell are you?"

The doctor replied, "As I said, I'm a doctor. Unless you want your hand to be ruined, let me bandage it."

demeanor. "If you don't want to die, stay put. If you're itching for a death wish,

I am your father! How dare

here to show who calls the shots in the

and unfeeling, the other

heaven's sake, he's your

as he stared at her. "And

I know you dislike me, but he's still your father. Aren't you afraid of what people will say?" "People? Who will talk about

was at a loss for words, silenced by his

was effortlessly caught and shoved aside. George, ever the attentive assistant, offered a wet wipe, which Oliver took and used to clean his hands as if Rowan's touch

"Oliver, your father and I married after your mother passed away. Your hostility towards me is excessive. You may not like me, but do you not

his face dark as a storm cloud. His cold voice sounded, "You think marrying after my mother's death washes away the

intent flickered in Oliver's eyes, and Sydney recoiled, unable to face his