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

a chubby face with a fair complexion as well as big eyes and long lashes. Whenever she stared at someone, she

pinching her cheeks. At first, Josephine was

was a

was saying, she had learned sign language by watching videos and could

Josephine was afraid of making new

last now sprayed

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

down her matcha latte and followed her up the stairs to a room at the corner of the second floor. Avery pushed open the door to find a roomful of colorful

was also a famous painter, at

interest in painting, so she opened

soon as they entered the room, Avery sat Josephine down on a chair. “Don’t move. You’ll be

obediently sat still

her and

minute by

started pouring outside. Raindrops were tapping against

getting busier, and both their phones were ringing

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

it was because of the rain that the shop became quite crowded as

bad for occupying the seats in the shop so

orders here that are still uncompleted. Can you deliver them?” A