Miss Josefina: Nobody's Princess

Chapter 235

The ringtone sliced through the silence, halting Oliver in his tracks. He snatched up his cell from the table, ready to dismiss the call, but perked up at the sight of the caller ID.

Josefina, wiping drool from her lips, lounged on the couch farthest from Oliver, poised to make her exit.

Oliver's face was a mask of stormy steel, his voice glacial, "Pass the phone to him."

Soon enough, Rowan's irate grumbling bled through the line, "Day after tomorrow's my birthday, Oliver, you ungrateful bastard. Are you still trying to cage me? If the corporate world hears how you're treating me, aren't you afraid it'll tarnish the company's image?"

Oliver's scoff was tinged with amusement, "If you're not scared, why should I be?"

Caught off-guard, Rowan spat out a string of curses, "Oliver, you curse! I'm telling you, if you don't let me out, I'll bring us both down."

to mediate from the other end, "Oliver, we're still family at the end of the day.

lost on him, "Afraid of being

Oliver sure knew how to

hear Rowan's roar from the phone. "The nerve! You bastard! Should've left you in the woods

and mocking, "You seem to fancy that idea. Maybe tomorrow I'll have you taste the wilderness

wanted to throttle Oliver, but lacked

the phone aside on the sofa carelessly, he then turned to Josefina, who was standing now, her eyes wary, "I need to head

closer, gently taking her hand, "I'll drive you

mood was disrupted, and he could also sense Josefina's fear.

lightly pinched her chin, his voice soft but firm, "Relax, I'm not that much of a monster to

led her out and

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