Miss Josefina: Nobody's Princess

Alex jumped back, startled by Billy's sudden move. A few paces later, he stood defensively, eyeing him with suspicion.

"Listen up. I've got a cracked rib here, barely able to move as it is," Alex warned. "Lay a finger on me again, and you'll be caught on camera. I'll make sure you can't walk away from it so easily." Billy glared at him fiercely. "Who saved you?"

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Billy wasn't buying it. No way Alex could pull off all that on his own.

"Mr. Antonio, you still have no idea what I'm capable of!"

Jade arrived to pick up Alex and was startled to see Billy blocking the way. She grabbed a baseball bat from the car and hurried to Alex's side. "Alex, I'm here to take you home. There's a rabid dog on the loose, so I brought my bat!"

Billy was speechless. "Who are you calling a rabid dog?" Billy fumed.

"I didn't say it was you, so why are you so worked up?" Jade shot back.

Alex walked away with Jade, saying, "Jade, why bother with all that? If a dog bites you, it's not like you can bite back. Let's go celebrate with a hot pot now that it's all settled."

figures. His brow furrowed in frustration. Who had he

Achoo! Josefina sneezed.

tea for her. "Ms.

room was abuzz; no one expected Holly to

a smile, Josefina

meeting." Holly settled back into her seat, listening intently as Josefina spoke. "We've got a heavy workload this month, folks. Let's buckle down, and the company will make sure your salaries reflect

"Thanks, Ms. Josefina!"

Jaxon's management, there was never a correlation between effort and pay like there was now. Since Josefina took over, her fair and professional

checked her phone

approached, saying, "Ms. Josefina, I know this great place that serves incredible roast duck, really

I'm sorry. I've already got plans with

a smile. "Sure, we can go another

had sent her,

entered the private room to find Oliver preparing cups and utensils for her. "Josie, the duck is coming right

a bouquet of ninety-nine roses. She was stunned, both by the beautiful flowers and Oliver's gesture. "Why did you buy flowers?"

surprising and endearing, making Josefina fight the urge to ruffle his

a split second, Oliver was all serious again.

server came in, placed the roast duck on the table, and served the rest of