Miss Josefina: Nobody's Princess

"Shay, leave!"

Oliver's voice was another ear-piercing blast, deafening as Shay covered her face and ran away.

Oliver swung open the passenger door and helped Josefina out. Josefina spoke with displeasure, "You did that on purpose."

His voice was tender and doting as he replied, "Only way to let everyone know I'm taken, and no one can mess with my love life." He lifted Josefina out, and she, startled, clung to his neck. Shay, from a distance, watched the entwined figures, her heart turning to ice.

Standing in Oliver's living room, Josefina stared at the array of herbal supplements he'd laid out, dumbfounded. "Did you take me here just to show me these?" Oliver arched an eyebrow, his smirk rogue and unrestrained, "What else did you think I wanted?" He did want something else, but he feared upsetting Josefina.

and she quickly lowered her head in embarrassment. "That's not

for a bottle of Ginseng, inspecting it closely, "Oliver, how

prepared for my grandfather must've included some fancy herbs, so I gathered these. See if they're of

Oliver's gaze was fixed on her. The joy on her face

her into his embrace. "When will you become

"What are you talking about, I'm still young." She still had school to think about.

talking about..." Josefina squirmed, trying to pull

arms tighter around her waist, whispering into her

tingling in her ears made Josefina shiver, her earlobes blushing a delicate pink. Oliver nipped at her earlobe gently, sending tremors through her body. His crimson lips moved from her ear