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.

her darling daughter. She burst out in rage. "Oliver, Shay is your Josie,

his hands were bloody. He also spoke out angrily, "Oliver, Shay is my daughter. What gives you the right to say that

a scornful chuckle. "The money you're spending is

added curtly, "I can't waste more time with you

too noisy here, and the air is just foul." sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ

of captivating eyes, warm and inviting, making it all too easy to get lost in their depths. He was usually so distant with

by the scene before him, especially Rowan's bloody neck. When he saw Oliver and Josefina unharmed, he 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. I'll handle

me since I was a child. Why are you siding

since he was a boy," Bennett replied with deliberate

couldn't help but laugh at Bennett's loyalty to Oliver.

"Alright, as you

left the