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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want to look at her.

his face was icy.

tongue again, and he

were smile lines on the corner of his

to Seth. “Are you

looked at his cards. She softly said,

I’m right, Gordon must

to use those to win, with

This is going to be hard

cares about Seth too

a

earlier, but the

interest now. He gave the cards

He didn’t want to finish

a ten. Gordon couldn’t

she played the rest of the

your last card,

asked.

of his

card onto the table. It was

you have a traitor

tongue and looked at Selena

played that K, Gordon would’ve

Dariel didn’t even play

to take off any

off his suit icily, revealing his

down onto the

pointed at Isabella. “You

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switch.”

wasn’t expecting him

and heaved a sigh

hung in the

pulled out of her seat,

a sharp stare coming

stood up anyway.

pulling her harder,

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up. The light that shone

scanned the

looked at Gordon. “She’s

of the ladies

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were a lot of bunny girls in

Gordon to get a

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was mortifying, and

that woman you’re

place tonight.” He looked at

arms and looked