Chapter 1694

Emma shook her head. "No need—the campus isn't far. I'll just take the bus back." "Alright," Ron replied. It was not that Emma had a free ride she refused to take, but rather, she was not headed back to campus just yet. She had a shift at a coffee shop in the nearby business district. Due to a delay, Emma, running short on time, hurried to the cafe as quickly as possible. Working there as a temp, Emma found the sophisticated task of blending coffee beyond her reach, for now. Her main duties involved serving coffee, cleaning, and other miscellaneous tasks. Little did she expect to run into Ron again so soon. He had chosen her workplace for a coffee meeting with someone. If Emma did not know better about Ron's indifference toward her, she might have suspected he was orchestrating these encounters on purpose. Even though Emma never felt ashamed of waiting tables, she wondered if Ron, with his distinguished background, might think less of her. Thus, after serving him his coffee, she q