What Separates Me and You

Chapter 5 What A Silly Girl

A figure was leaning against the table, and a faint scent of perfume wafted over. Josephine looked up at the person speaking.

It was Avery Green, the owner of the coffee shop.

Avery was around 5’8” tall. She had short hair and was wearing a black T-shirt and sweatpants. A lot of people would mistake her for a man if she didn’t speak.

Back when Josephine first came for the interview, she was so shocked when Avery pinched her cheek. She only realized that Avery was a woman after hearing her voice.

Josephine put down the tablecloth and smiled while signing, “I’m already used to it.”

Avery glanced at her fingers, then at her teary eyes. She frowned.

Although Josephine gave a short and simple answer, Avery knew that it must be carrying so much pain and sorrow.

She handed over the cup of drink in her grip and said, “Your favorite matcha latte. Take it. Everyone gets one.”

Josephine thanked her and took a sip of the latte.

Noticing that Josie had stained the corner of her mouth with white foam, Avery reached out to wipe it off for her. “What a silly girl,” she said, pinching her cheeks.

carried a hint of melancholy and concern; it was as

well as big eyes and

cheeks. At first, Josephine was not used

something was a scary

was very kind. In order to understand what Josephine was saying, she had learned sign language by

of making new friends

who became friends with her last

but she suddenly took Josephine upstairs and said, “Come help me out with something.”

her up the stairs to a room at the corner of the second floor. Avery pushed open the door to find a

also a famous painter, at least according to her.

painting, so she opened a coffee

room, Avery sat Josephine down on a chair. “Don’t move. You’ll be my model today.”

sat still on

and had painted

minute by

were tapping against the window, but

phones were ringing non-stop, but Josephine didn’t dare

her hand and said, “Fine, we’ll continue another day. Let’s go downstairs and see

was because of the rain that the shop became quite crowded as most people were seeking shelter from the

probably felt bad for occupying the seats in the shop so they ordered coffee, which

still uncompleted. Can you deliver them?” A female employee ran over and handed the delivery orders to Avery.