A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 184

Matilda awoke the next day with a sense of anticipation, knowing that she had been assigned to greet a client at her studio. She put extra care into her appearance, dabbing on some lipstick and donning a thick trench coat before stepping out the

door.

Upon arrival, she caught Hala eyeing her with a playful smirk. “Wow, if I were a guy, I’d totally fall for you.”

With a chuckle, Matilda asked, “What time’s the client due?”

“One in the afternoon.” Hala slid a cup of instant coffee across the desk to Matilda with a wink. “Your daily fix. No more fear of dropping dead from those late nights.”

Clad in pajamas, Yoshi roamed the studio, misting a plant here and tidying a desk

there.

help but laugh at the sight of Yoshi’s dinosaur hoodie, complete with a

already drowned four cacti this month. I’m begging you, think

him

over to

slipping. By the

gotten into him?”

nap mode.

Baxter said with a dismissive wave. “He does this every day. Charges up

night and still so chipper. Finds time to overwater plants, too. Other people’s plants die of thirst; ours are practically victims

stretches in his onesie, the tail wagging as he exercised. “Gotta keep

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that it must have been fate that

the client was due, Baxter gave Matilda an encouraging pat on