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Chapter 20: One Touch: One Kiss

Author: Charmaine Cloete
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Billy re- enters the Bar and Grill. He is worried about the meeting with Thomas Roman. That creature could be very unpredictable. He did notice his behavior with Maya. If that’s even true but he acted caring, much more than what he ever was towards Gia.

The life he had planned with her went completely of the rail. Apparently, she had forgotten their pact. He found his usual chair and sits down. He ordered a bottle of brandy.

“You look thunderous. What happened?” Johnny slide onto the other chair and joined him at the table, slightly out of breath, praying no one had noticed his out of character behavior earlier. He looks nervous, jittery, as he eyed the bottle of brandy. Lately, his luck has run out and being unemployed didn’t helped either.

“Women are a waste of time,” Billy snaps, uncorking the bottle.

“Not always. They do have their uses,” Johnny sniggers to conceal his true thoughts.

“Maybe you’re right.” Billy gulps down some brandy.

“You are acting strange, what happened?”

“Why
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