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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look at her.

his face was icy.

tongue again,

were smile lines on the

Seth. “Are you taking this,

at his cards. She softly

right, Gordon must have two

use those to win, with the

out last. This is going

cares about Seth

a nine.

moments earlier, but the

now. He gave the

He didn’t want

played a ten. Gordon couldn’t

played the

your last card, Mr.

asked.

the inside of his cheek and

card onto the table. It

a traitor beside you.”

looked at Selena

that K, Gordon would’ve

even play

to take off any

suit icily, revealing

He plopped down onto the

pointed at Isabella.

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switch.”

wasn’t expecting him to be

Selena and heaved a

hung in the air.

her seat,

felt a

but she stood up anyway.

her waist pulling her harder, refusing to let

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light that shone

scanned the place, and everything around him felt heavier and

looked at Gordon.

one of the

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bunny girls

Gordon to get a random

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thought that was mortifying, and

“I brought that woman you’re

tonight.” He looked at Isabella

crossed his arms and looked at

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down a little, and