Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 287 Back in Town

"Oh, by the way, Hattie came back to school a month before you did, but she hasn't been attending classes, just keeping her enrollment status." Previously, Zelena had targeted Kaylee, causing her to lose her single dorm room. The counsellor's efforts secured Kaylee a spot in a regular dorm. Kaylee had moved out of Liberty Grove.

Despite this, she left her three-coloured cat, Cleopatra, in the apartment. It was now being taken care of by the housekeeper.

"Cleopatra?"

"Yes, I named the cat Cleopatra. Haha, she's the beauty of the three-coloured cats, so Cleopatra seemed appropriate."

"That's quite a good name."

Originally, Violeta planned to return to Quinston and go home at once.

When she heard Kaylee mention that Zelena had opened a shop right across from her café, she changed her mind and decided to check out this new shop. The car dropped them off at Toland University.

Violeta didn't enter the campus. Instead, she turned towards Sunset Café with Kaylee.

Along the way, her phone kept buzzing. Violeta went out to check.

It was a message from Zoren, who had heard about her return in the group chat. Violeta replied briefly, 'Yes, I'm back. Let's have dinner later.'

Zoren replied, 'Yohoo! The superstar is back! Can I still have dinner with you, superstar?'

Violeta sent him an emoji, and she placed her phone back in her pocket.

The chat continued, but she didn't pay it any more attention.

Arriving at Sunset Café, the familiar sign greeted her. When Fiona saw Violeta through the glass, she happily came out to welcome her. "Violeta, you're back!"

Violeta smiled at Fiona and said, "Yes, I'm back."

across the

of items, including skewers, cold drinks, ice cream,

variety of

mostly on tight budgets, except

open a shop, but opening it right across from Sunset Café

named it 'The Breeze' to mimic

This was too obvious!

minute! In her previous life, Zelena

she was ahead of

her eyes and pondered

Fiona's voice interrupted her

She said,

shop,

our coffee costs the same as a fulkmeal there, many students have

still

retaining loyal customers was

bustling tourist spot with

past, the current drop in business naturally left Fiona

continued, "But Vio, this isn't sustainable. Should we consider

"Absolutely not."

Violeta immediately rejected Fiona's

suggestion Our coffee prices

are. We only offer discounts during the holidays. We can introduce new limited-time items, but the old ones stay

Kaylee remained silent.

let others affect us? What she charges is her business. We know our ingredients and costs.

didn't know why Zelena suddenly wanted to open a

to undercut Sunset Café

wouldn't lower the