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."

furrowed in frustration. Who had he

Achoo! Josefina sneezed.

"Ms. Josefina, have some tea and rest up if you're

was abuzz; no one expected Holly to be so attentive to

the cup with a

Josefina. Please, carry on with the 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

"Thanks, Ms. Josefina!"

pumped, ready to get to work. Under Jaxon's management, there was never a correlation between effort and pay like there was now. Since Josefina took over,

checked her phone and saw a message

Josefina, I know this great place that serves incredible roast duck, really

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

expression flickered momentarily before she recovered with a smile.

sent her,

and utensils for her. "Josie, the duck is coming right up. George insisted this place is

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

this was both surprising and endearing, making Josefina fight the urge to

split second, Oliver was all

on the table, and served the rest of the