I Quit, Mr. Shaffer by Isabella Symons

Chapter 35

Things got awkward around the table. Silence fell,

with nothing but sounds of Gordon and Seth

throwing cards in the air, interspersed with Dariel

and Simon saying they would pass.

Gordon only had a few cards left in his hand, and

Isabella got nervous. She looks at Seth’s hand.

Seth’s cards weren’t optimal, but he was smart.

Even with a player like Gordon playing him, he

managed to shed most of his cards. There were

only one ten, a Q, and a pair of fives left.

Gordon must have some trump card. If it was a

bigger one, Seth wouldn’t be able to shed all his

cards. Isabella looked at Gordon. He picked up the

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he thought he would win.

“Are you going to take my pants off yourself if we

lose?” whispered Seth.

Isabella was panicking. She felt his breath against

her ear, tickling her like a brush. She turned away,

her ears burning up. She thought this was

embarrassing.

Someone broke the silence. “Play this.” Before

Gordon could do anything, Selena played a card

from his hand. It was a K.

Gordon’s face fell, and he glared at Selena.

Selena was shocked, and she fumbled a little.

“What’s wrong?”

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even want to look at her. The

his face was icy.

clicked his tongue

on the corner of his

“Are you taking

cards. She

If I’m right, Gordon must have

He was going to use those

This is going to

cares about Seth too

a nine. Seth

earlier, but

He gave the cards back

didn’t want to

a ten. Gordon

she played the rest of

your last card, Mr. Dunkstein?”

asked.

inside of his

table. It was

a traitor beside

and looked at Selena in

played that K, Gordon would’ve won.

didn’t even play any

to take off any

his suit icily, revealing

He plopped down onto the

Then he pointed

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switch.”

expecting him to be this

Selena and heaved a sigh of

in the

pulled out of her seat, and she

felt a sharp

she stood up anyway.

her waist pulling her harder, refusing to

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stood up. The light that shone on him

before. The air around him felt cold. He scanned the place, and everything around him felt

at Gordon. “She’s a

in one of the

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a lot of bunny girls

to get a

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that was mortifying, and

“I brought that woman you’re holding

He looked at Isabella

arms and looked at Seth.

you ask what

broke down a little, and she