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

his face was icy.

tongue again, and

were smile lines on the corner of

you taking this, Mr.

looked at his cards. She softly

Gordon must

was going to use

last. This is going to be hard

cares about Seth too

Gordon played a nine. Seth

moments earlier,

interest now. He gave the cards back

He didn’t want to

a ten.

the

card,

asked.

inside of his cheek

onto the table. It was a

a traitor beside you.”

at Selena in disdain. If

K, Gordon would’ve

Dariel didn’t even play any

take

off his suit icily,

He plopped down onto the chair and

pointed

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switch.”

him to be this

and

hung in

her seat, and she walked

Isabella felt a sharp

but she stood up

waist pulling her

1. go.

up. The light that

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

at Gordon.

of the ladies

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a lot of bunny

get a random

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was mortifying,

brought that woman

place tonight.” He looked at Isabella

and