I Quit, Mr. Shaffer by Isabella Symons

Chapter 65

In a spacious office on the fourth floor of The Red House, a young woman,

who was wearing sunglasses and had her shoes off, was basking under the

moonlight on a lounge chair.

Courtney couldn’t resist calling Seth after having just accomplished

something significant.

Seth took quite some time to answer the call and sounded rather displeased.

She rolled her eyes in exasperation. Nonetheless, she chanted to herself to

keep calm and ignore his unpleasant demeanor. Instead, she drawled

casually, “Guess who paid me a visit?”

He responded indifferently, “Is your family going bankrupt? It seems like you

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have far too much free time on your hands.”

Courtney inhaled deeply, swallowing her frustration, and retorted, “It’s

Isabella.”

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Seth snorted, and his tone was indifferent. “What does it have to do with me?”

Courtney clicked her tongue as she was displeased with the unexpected

reaction.

“You’re so boring. You’ve spent five years sleeping with her, and you don’t

care about her at all?”

“Have you ever seen any decent person care about a past affair?” Seth

sneered and said in a disdainful tone.

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Courtney straightened her posture as she kicked the chair next to her. “She

brought Xavier’s son along. They even ordered a bottle of good wine.”

She sounded proud as she continued, “I sent her the wine you left last time.

Can you guess if she can tell?”

Seth paused.

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She grinned, thinking she had finally struck a chord with him. So, she couldn’t

resist taunting him.

Suddenly, he spoke, “If you really have nothing to do, just find a class to

attend. At least you’ll be doing something productive with your time.”

temper rising. Murder is illegal. Murder is very

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as she did her best to restrain her temper. She whipped

her ace in the whole, saying, “Gordon had someone put-”

cut her off, and his tone was cold. “Remember to make her

Charge the full bottle price.

her beautiful eyes as she was puzzled by this person’s

mentality.

a series of urgent knocks came from

“Come in!”

was

got a huge problem. A

placed in

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advance!”

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stool and nearly fell to the

her elegant demeanor faded

How could someone swallow

yelled at the waiter and then glanced back at the

already hung up.

He doesn’t care about gossip, let alone such a

swallowing a

kept grumbling as she grabbed her clothes and followed

downstairs.

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floor, she

her into a corner.

Dunkstein, if something happens to me, can you talk to

with me?” Isabella, who was

and said

Nonetheless, she almost burst

at the scene.

was on edge, and his eyes were fixed

doors slid open.

ran out, completely unaware that Courtney was

corner.

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far from the

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comforted Isabella as he carried her to the car before

in anxiety, causing him to press on the

the hospital faster.

she felt the pain rapidly intensifying. She

of the Red Chamber, someone

swallowing gold. Am

lose her life today, she

She should have

there was her mother-she should have called

her mother was

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she fretted, the swaying of Gordon’s car made her dizzy.

her feet

arrived at the hospital, he stormed

he still had the mind to register her

group of

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