Julissa felt the pressure of his gaze, her scalp tingling as if she had been caught daydreaming in class and was suddenly called on by the teacher.
She stammered, "You... you just said to put the coffee grounds on the filter paper..."
Scott pressed his temple. "Did I really need to say that?"
Julissa realized she had just said something pointless. She wiped the cold sweat from her brow and continued, "Then you don’t need much water at first, just wet the coffee grounds, and then... wait a moment?"
"That step is called blooming. Continue."
"Oh, blooming... then we add water!"
Scott sighed in exasperation. "The scale has a timer. Remember, the blooming time is 30 seconds."
Julissa nodded quickly. "Oh, got it! Then we add water, using the pour-over kettle in a spiral motion, just like you're doing, right?"
"160 ml of water, add it in two stages. Once the first batch of water has fully filtered through, begin the second." He
That night, the two of them didn’t manage to finish what they had started in the theater dressing room.Because Gauge had to fly overseas, they had very little time to be together. So, after spending about ten minutes in the dressing room, they left the theater.Before that, Kamila had already called Korbin to break up with him. Korbin, of course, wasn’t willing to let her go that easily. He demanded a reason. Kamila told him that she had found out that the necklace wasn’t actually bought by him. But it wasn’t just that. The main reason was that she had realized that if she had been with him just out of gratitude, but wasn’t really in love with him, then that would be irresponsible, both to him and herself.Korbin admitted to the necklace deception but told her, “I lied about the necklace, but my feelings for you are real.”Kamila sighed, feeling a wave of guilt rising within her. She wanted to say more, but her p
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Kamila froze, staring at him in surprise.He glanced back at her: “Do you feel like you don’t recognize me anymore?”Kamila opened her mouth but didn’t say anything.It finally dawned on her that the man in front of her was no longer the same young man she had known.He chuckled bitterly: “Don’t say that. I hardly recognize myself either.”“Is it because of work pressure?” she asked.Gauge looked at her deeply and replied, “No.”“Then… what is it?”Before she could finish speaking, Gauge was already standing in front of her.Kamila tilted her head up, gazing at the man in front of her, confused. What had happened? Did it have something to do with Anya?Kamila had heard some gossip about Gauge and Anya’s engagement. She knew Gauge hadn’t been willing, but after everything that had happened, he had no choice but to take
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