Chapter 17

"Hello, I'd like a hot cocoa with double marshmallows and a slice of tiramisu with 30% sugar!" "Okay. Two minutes, please." Holly skillfully prepared the coffee, adding a mint leaf as the final touch before bringing it with a smile to Table 7. Summer in Mireva was especially hot. She wore a neat ponytail and had rolled her sleeves up to the elbows as she cleaned up the trash left by the previous guests. "Miss, your tattoo is so pretty!" said a cute mixed-race girl named Ella Olson, who came by almost every day after kindergarten to enjoy a drink. "Thank you, sweetheart." Holly gave her two newly developed egg tarts and gently patted her head. When she first arrived in Mireva, things hadn't gone nearly as smoothly as they did now. She had initially gone to Aldrike, only to find she couldn't handle the intense work pressure there. So, she decided to quit and used the money she had to come to Mireva and open a café of her own. Everything had been unfamiliar to her in Mireva. The