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 if she

fair complexion as well as big eyes and long lashes. Whenever she

was why Avery liked pinching her cheeks. At first, Josephine was not used to it, but eventually,

was

sign language by watching videos and could now

afraid of

her last now sprayed

thinking, but she suddenly took Josephine upstairs and

at the corner of the second floor. Avery pushed open the door to find a roomful of colorful paintings.

coffee shop, Avery was also a famous painter, at least according to her.

support her interest in painting, so she opened a coffee shop as a disguise

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

obediently sat still

her and had

minute by minute.

noon, heavy rain started pouring outside. Raindrops were tapping against the window,

and both their phones were ringing

brush in her hand and said, “Fine, we’ll continue another day. Let’s go downstairs and see what all these people are rushing about.”

that the shop became quite crowded as most people were seeking shelter from the rain.

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

orders here that are still uncompleted. Can you deliver them?” A female employee ran over and handed the delivery