Leave Me Alone, Mr Shaffer by Diana Tenny

Chapter 35

Things got awkward around the table. Silence fell,

with nothing but sounds of Gordon and Seth

throwing cards in the air, interspersed with Dariel

and Simon saying they would pass.

Gordon only had a few cards left in his hand, and

Isabella got nervous. She looks at Seth’s hand.

Seth’s cards weren’t optimal, but he was smart.

Even with a player like Gordon playing him, he

managed to shed most of his cards. There were

only one ten, a Q, and a pair of fives left.

Gordon must have some trump card. If it was a

bigger one, Seth wouldn’t be able to shed all his

cards. Isabella looked at Gordon. He picked up the

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he thought he would win.

“Are you going to take my pants off yourself if we

lose?” whispered Seth.

Isabella was panicking. She felt his breath against

her ear, tickling her like a brush. She turned away,

her ears burning up. She thought this was

embarrassing.

Someone broke the silence. “Play this.” Before

Gordon could do anything, Selena played a card

from his hand. It was a K.

Gordon’s face fell, and he glared at Selena.

Selena was shocked, and she fumbled a little.

“What’s wrong?”

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look at her. The look

his face was icy.

tongue

lines on the corner of his eyes.

“Are you taking

his cards. She softly said,

Gordon

He was going to use those to

out last. This is going to

cares about

played a

him moments earlier,

gave the

He didn’t want to finish this

a ten. Gordon couldn’t

she played the

card, Mr. Dunkstein?”

asked.

the inside of his cheek

the table. It was

traitor

looked at Selena in disdain.

K, Gordon would’ve

didn’t even play any cards, so

take

took off his suit

onto the

he pointed at Isabella. “You

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switch.”

him to

looked at Selena and heaved

in the air.

pulled out of her

Isabella felt a

but she stood up anyway.

her harder, refusing

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light that shone on him

The air around him felt cold. He scanned the place, and everything around him felt heavier

at Gordon. “She’s a

of the ladies

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a lot of bunny girls

Gordon to get a

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that was mortifying,

“I brought that woman you’re holding

place tonight.” He looked at Isabella

his arms and looked at Seth.