Melinda followed Yulia to the coffee shop she was talking about.
The shopping mall was filled with so many people. The coffee shop was on the first floor, right next to the supermarket.
The bustling crowd caused Melinda a little discomfort. Meanwhile, Yulia was looking around and searching for something.
At the coffee shop, Emily and Jonas were sitting opposite to each other, even though none of them spoke to each other.
"Jonas, have you been busy lately?" Emily asked as she stirred her coffee.
She was constantly looking down, as if she had no courage to look up to the man sitting opposite to her.
Jonas, as usual, was wearing a suit. This time, however, he didn't wear a tie and combed up his fringe on his forehead.
"Yes," Jonas answered.
There was nothing in front of Jonas because he didn't want to waste too much time here.
The only reason why he was here today was that Emily told her that she wanted to take out the token they talked about during their childhood.
Since the "token" was important, Jonas had to accept it. But even after staying there for a long time, Emily hadn't bring the token out yet.
"Excuse me, I have to go to the washroom," Emily said.
Emily couldn't handle any more of Jonas's skeptical looks. She simply made up an excuse and left.
The coffee shop looked very simple. It had no washroom, so she had to go to the mall's washroom. She also needed to wear a pair of big glasses and a hat so that she wouldn't be recognized.
Although many people didn't recognize her, Melinda recognized Emily's figure.
Melinda's face crumpled into a frown. She had a feeling that something bad would happen when she saw Emily.
"Melinda, what are you looking at? The coffee shop is over there," Yulia said, waving her hands in front of Melinda's eyes. Then, she followed the direction where Melinda's eyes were looking. It was Emily. She pretended to be surprised and asked Melinda, "Is that Emily?"
She instantly covered her mouth as soon as she finished speaking. After all, Emily was a little famous.
As expected, people began to look around.
"Let's go."
At this moment, Melinda calmed down and went towards the coffee shop. The coffee shop was busy at this time. Most of the seats were already taken.
It was so noise that nothing else could be heard. A loud surrounding in a supposedly quiet place was very irritating.
The boss was going to cry if ever the coffee shop got really quiet.
Melinda actually didn't notice that Jonas was there when she entered. The coffee shop had many entrances. Two of those entrances were diagonally opposite to each other.
Yulia, on the other hand, was looking around. Soon enough, she found Jonas.
She got another message from Emily.
"Melinda has seen you," Yulia texted back to Emily.
She quickly put her phone away. When Emily received the text, she immediately walked towards the coffee shop.
Emily believed that Melinda's hatred for her couldn't be changed. Seeing that Emily was headed towards the coffee shop they were in, Melinda suddenly became alert.
She fixed her gaze at Emily.
Jonas was focusing on his work while he was alone in the coffee shop. After Emily left him there, all he had been doing was finishing documents on his mobile phone.
As Emily slowly approached Jonas, she suddenly lost her balance and embarrassingly fell to the ground. She even bumped into a waiter who was passing by.
"Ah!" Emily cried out.
The waiter was shocked. Melinda, who was still staring at Emily, was also shocked when she saw Emily suddenly fall like that.
But when the familiar figure appeared in her sight, her heart suddenly became cold.
It seemed that she was hearing a thousand taunts again.
'Look, you are too serious. It's just another joke.'
Jonas looked up and saw Emily on ground not far away from him. The waiter stood there at a loss and didn't even bother to help Emily up.
A pair of handsome black leather shoes appeared in Emily's sight. Emily could see her own shadow projected on the ground under the warm lights of the coffee shop.
"Jonas," Emily cried out in grievance.
'Emily is a public figure. I'd better help her up,' Jonas thought. He was a little upset and had a frown on his face.
He slowly squatted down. He held Emily up, but he still kept his distance from her.
Emily turned her head and looked at the direction where Melinda was. Not far from Emily and Jonas, Melinda was staring at the both of them with a sour expression on her face. She was clearly baffled with everything that was happening.
Emily quickly put her hands around Jonas's neck and kissed him while he was caught off guard.
Melinda's eyes widened in shock. Tears instantly welled up in her eyes. Even though she tried to endure looking at the scene, she couldn't help but look away.
Jonas's kiss was as cold as it was expected. Before Emily could make another scene, Jonas violently pushed her aside.
He looked at her in disgust and wiped his lips with his hand. Emily's heart sank, and the first thing she did was look for Melinda. But she had turned his head away.
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