I Quit, Mr. Shaffer by Isabella Symons

Chapter 37

Gordon regretted mocking Isabella the moment he

saw the look on her face. He couldn’t relent,

however, not when she was looking at him like that.

He tensed up and pretended to be brave, then

flung the door open. Crashed by the door, Isabella

staggered backward.

Gordon’s eyes flickered for a moment, but he didn’t

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care about her. He then slammed the door shut.

Once he was gone, Isabella locked the door and

leaned against it weakly. She wished to vent, yet

there was nothing to vent to. She followed Gordon

because she had a goal to attain. Of course, she’d

be humiliated.

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The room was empty, so there was no point staying

there. She’d be better off going back and making

some calls. She calmed down and pulled the

room’s card out before heading to the reception.

When she came to the corner, she heard a

conversation happening nearby.

“You’ve been busy lately. Get some rest and

relaxation. Here’s your room’s card, Mr. Keller.”

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“Thank you, babe.”

That was familiar. Isabella stopped in her tracks

and froze up for a moment. Out of reflex, she ran

back. She knew that it was Keller without even

looking. This was a club in the outskirts. If he knew

she was here, he might come to her room in the

middle of the night and take her away.

Isabella quickly went back to her room, her chest

heaving. She leaned against the door for a long

while before she snapped out of it. She couldn’t go

she pleased. Once night came,

and

leave the card

without checking out.

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a plan, but night was still a long

she waited in

in the morning, and she skipped lunch.

could sit and be quiet for a

by a sense of

were water and snacks

a ravenous beast, she

her mouth. Wolfing down a

her feel better.

footsteps

was asking if

on high alert. She

she refused the offer. The

went on until

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quieter, and there

in the garden

to open the

touched the handle,

on the

“Are you there, Isabella?”

Isabella frowned, but

she was met with a pale

“What is it?”

a sobbing mess, before she

it when people would start

even spoke. She rolled her

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a deep breath. Through

Shaffer’s in trouble. You have to

nothing’s going to happen to him.

is in trouble, you should go

panic mode.

and dragged

have to help

in

weren’t for

would’ve attracted too

this woman away and

arrived. Selena

toward Seth’s room. When she

inside. Selena

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on her face, and

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She opened the door

who was

smelled like alcohol, and

red. When he saw

you

well,

Selena.

looking helpless. “I didn’t

He came back and had a glass of

and that happened.”

her quizzically, but he