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.”

rising. Murder is illegal.

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her best to restrain her

in the whole, saying, “Gordon had someone

her off, and his tone was cold. “Remember to make her pay for the

full bottle price. She has the

widened her beautiful eyes as she was puzzled by this

mentality.

was about to retort, a series

“Come in!”

Seth was about to hang up when

we’ve got a huge problem.

the ring that was placed in

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advance!”

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and nearly fell to the

as her elegant

How could someone swallow such a

and then glanced back at the phone.

already hung up.

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

a

grumbling as she grabbed her clothes and followed the

downstairs.

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second floor, she

forcing her into a

can you talk to your father

me?” Isabella,

shirt and said

still wearing sunglasses. Nonetheless, she almost burst out

at the scene.

and his eyes were fixed

The elevator doors

completely unaware

corner.

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We’re not far from

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carried her to the car before driving.

to press on the pedal in an attempt to

to the hospital faster.

felt the pain rapidly intensifying.

that in Dream of the Red Chamber, someone

swallowing gold. Am

lose her life today, she deeply regretted asking

should have

her mother-she should have called her more

mother was

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swaying of Gordon’s car made her

agony as her

the hospital, he stormed right into

room. Nevertheless, he still had the mind

of doctors

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