Miss Josefina: Nobody's Princess

Ruby bit her lip, fighting back the tears that threatened to spill. There she sat, a silent witness to the storm brewing inside the car.

Why was it suddenly a crime to cry her heart out? Why did Billy, of all people, have to treat her this way?

In the driver's seat, Lauren's voice crackled with fury. "Billy, what the hell is your problem? How can you yell at our daughter like that? Poor Ruby's been through enough, and instead of comforting your own daughter, you're raising your voice at her?"

Stewing in the passenger seat, Billy's mood was already sour, and his patience was wearing thin. "Lauren, how could you still say this now? If Ruby hadn't been parading around with Josefina's stuff as if it were her own, would I have embarrassed myself in front of everyone? Did you not see the looks I was getting?"

And then, to Ruby, he said bitterly, "You've made a laughingstock out of me, caiming other people's things as your own, puffing yourself up like some big shot, and boasting about your so-called design talent. Well, now everyone knows your lies. Why are you so quiet now? I should've never brought you back into the Antonio family. You're nothing but a curse, dragging me to the brink of bankruptcy."

Tears streaming down her face, Ruby stammered, "Daddy, I... I didn't think things would turn out like this."

consider the consequences before doing all this?" Billy roared, his

at Billy and shouted, "Billy, what are you implying? You wouldn't be thinking of bringing that little

Josefina back. Do you have any idea how much money she brought into this household? Lauren, every little luxury you enjoy, isn't it all thanks to the company's profits? Without Josefina's support, do you think you'd live this comfortably?" Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ Find ɴøᴠel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of

me tell you, Lauren, without Josefina, you wouldn't have this cushy life. If you had treated her

from happy, her mind fixated on the designer handbag Hattie had been flaunting. "Billy, did you see the way Josefina's parents were dressed? You

had been kind to her, she wouldn't have withdrawn her financial support, and

and kept Josefina around? Would their lives be better now? Could that exquisite handbag

mother's regret, was worried. "Mom, Dad, why don't you just send me away and bring my sister back? If

she took Ruby's hand and whispered soothingly, "Ruby, don't talk nonsense. Even if that little bitch wanted

highly of yourself. Even if you rolled out the red carpet,

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