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

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as she did her best

in the whole, saying, “Gordon had someone

cold. “Remember to make her pay

Charge the full bottle price. She

eyes as she was puzzled by this

mentality.

she was about to retort, a series of urgent knocks came

“Come in!”

other end of the phone, Seth was about to hang up when he

Cline, we’ve got

ring that was placed in the ice

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advance!”

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slipped off the stool and nearly

curse as her elegant demeanor faded

person insane? How could someone swallow such a

then glanced back at the phone. Alas,

already hung up.

heartless. He doesn’t care about gossip, let alone such a big deal as

swallowing a

grabbed her clothes and

downstairs.

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the second floor, she saw Gordon dash into

forcing her into

if something happens to me, can you

inheritance with me?”

and said something

Nonetheless, she almost

the

on edge, and his eyes were fixed

The elevator doors slid open.

out, completely unaware that Courtney was in the

corner.

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We’re not far from the

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he carried her to the car before driving. His heart

in anxiety, causing him to press

the hospital

as she felt the

that in Dream of the Red Chamber, someone committed

by swallowing gold. Am I going

to lose her life

should have demanded immediate fulfillment.

there was her mother-she should have called her

if her mother was

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

agony as her feet

at the hospital, he stormed right into

still had the mind to register her

group of doctors

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