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Chapter 16: Vino Thompson
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Vino had gotten to work earlier that morning since he couldn't sleep a wink last night. He was tempted to dial Skylar's number but he braced himself. He wanted to sort out the issue with Camille so he could spend the weekend with Skylar undisturbed…
He took out his phone to dial Camille's number, it rang before she pick up on the third ring:
“Hello! Camille are you free?” Vino asked her as he turned around on his chair to gaze out of the window. The street of New York was just starting to buzz with people as everyone went around their daily businesses.
“Really! I'm a little bit busy right now but I will be free in the next two hours, why?” Camille answered. She couldn't believe Vino wanted to see her after she had called him non-stop yesterday
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