I Quit, Mr. Shaffer by Isabella Symons

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Isabella got into the car with Corey. As she left, Caitlin sarcastically reminded her of

something, but Isabella ignored her without changing her expression.

Once inside the car, Corey leaned over to help Isabella fasten her seatbelt.

Isabella was surprised. Still in a daze, she heard him say, “Caitlin always seems to have

a different attitude when her boyfriend is not around. Don’t take it personally.”

Isabella responded with an ‘Oh’ and quietly replied, “I don’t mind.”

Corey raised an eyebrow, a slight smile forming at the corner of his mouth. “It doesn’t

matter if you do. After all, she’s not my actual sister. It doesn’t affect your opinion of

me.”

She found his words strange, but she simply returned a smile and said nothing more.

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“Where are we going?” he asked.

She hesitated for a moment. “To Oxview Street. I need to stop by the pharmac

then I can walk back on my own.”

He nodded, casually remarking, “Oxview Street is where both Harmony Residence and

Cletford Mansion are located.”

He glanced at the rearview mirror. As the neon lights reflected in his eyes, he

continued, “Seth seems to be living in Harmony Residence recently.”

Isabella opened her mouth, struggling to speak. “I rented a place in Cletford Mansion.”

“I see.”

Corey’s tone was ambiguous, his gaze sweeping over Isabella’s clean face in the mirror.

He couldn’t help but wind down the window, resting his arm on the edge and driving

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with one hand.

If Isabella wasn’t so nervous, she might have admired the young man’s ch

was completely different from Seth and his group.

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which

he seemed particularly harmless, like a good boy,

previous judgments for being so

immediately began

Corey didn’t

on the

I’ll wait for you here and then take

was startled. “No need. I want to walk a bit to digest.”

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seemingly displeased, but then suddenly smiled. “Okay,

Isabella get out, and said

“Goodnight, Bella.”

“G-Goodnight.”

door, suppressing the strange

the nearby pharmacy.

a while,

out, she carefully looked around to make sure Corey

there.

a sigh of relief. Her guard against Corey

was gentle, and

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medicine, she leisurely walked

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she strolled toward the front gate, she saw a Bentley drive

She quickly stopped in her tracks, instinctively hiding behind

watched the car enter Harmony Residence, she finally came out, patting her

chest.

breath, Isabella suddenly felf something was off. Why did

We can see each

say hello anyway.

did something

hands behind her back, and

the

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street, the car that had just left the intersection was

man had witnessed everything. A smile

quietly said, “Interesting.”

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she probably wouldn’t use the phrase ‘good

casually anymore.

off his jacket, opened the sunroof, and

Compton, the woman ran

of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes. “Didn’t I tell

until today?”

The

frightened. After a

her immediately.”

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“No need.”

“Why?”

Nonchalantly, he turned on the music, leaving