Addicted To The Genius Lady With A Thousand Faces

Chapter 682:

Marissa couldn’t help but reminisce about the tough days in the refugee camp in Bla Grainn. Those days felt like a lifetime ago.

Food and water were always in short supply. Sometimes, they went two days without a meal. Marissa vividly remembered her adoptive brother, Kevin, who tirelessly searched for food every day.

When they were lucky enough to find something, it felt like hitting the jackpot. Even the idea of a cup of coffee seemed like an impossible luxury.

One day, out of nowhere, Kevin brought back a small packet of coffee powder.

He had this excited, almost mischievous look as he showed it to her, “Rich people drink this stuff,” he said, practically glowing with pride. “I got lucky and found a packet on the road. And look, I even found a sugar cube!”

Neither of them had ever tasted coffee before. They believed it was some kind of high-quality nutritional drink. With eager anticipation, they boiled some water and poured the coffee powder into a cup, watching it dissolve.

small sip, their

expected something delicious and fancy, not

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stuff. It’s too bitter on its own. Luckily, I found

drop the whole sugar cube into the coffee when little Marissa

save the other half for tomorrow. This

Sarth. Let’s add

one half into the coffee, and tucked the other half into her pocket. “Eat it secretly tomorrow. Don’t

most of it. Kevin claimed it wasn’t for him and, after two sips, handed

realize he was only trying to

after their shared coffee adventure, men in suits arrived. They claimed they had found