Miss Josefina: Nobody's Princess

Josefina snickered and playfully pinched his side. "Really, Oliver? Jokes at a time like this?"

"I'm dead serious, no jokes. How about I prove my sincerity tonight?" Oliver's gaze was filled with a intense, earnest affection. Rowan yelped in pain, while Shay and Sydney, who had never seen Oliver's tender side, exchanged glances of stunned surprise.

Oliver let go of Josefina's slender waist and took her hand. His eyes sharpened as he turned his piercing gaze toward Rowan. Shay and Sydney still wore their initial expressions of astonishment. Having never seen Oliver's kinder side, they were indeed shocked.

Shay's voice was hollow with disbelief. "But you are my brother..."

"Shut it. My mother has only one child, and that's me. Don't let me hear you call me that again." Oliver was fuming.

Shay bit her lip, looking both heartbroken and forlorn.

in rage. "Oliver, Shay is your Josie, and now we're all family. How

"Oliver, Shay is my daughter. What gives you the

scornful chuckle. "The money you're spending is from the

time with you all." He was wasting

let me take you downstairs. It's too noisy here, and the air is just foul." sᴇaʀᴄh

to get lost in their

breathed a sigh of relief. Bennett quickly spoke up, "Mr. Oliver, Ms. Josefina, Mr. Brandon is asking why you haven't come down yet. You go ahead.

was livid. "Bennett, you've known me since I

.Oliver since he was a boy," Bennett

Bennett's loyalty to Oliver. "Let's go downstairs," she

"Alright, as

left the