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

his face was icy.

his tongue

the corner of

“Are you taking this,

at his cards.

If I’m right, Gordon must have two

to use

This is going

cares about

Gordon played a nine. Seth

moments earlier, but

interest now. He gave the

didn’t want to finish this

a ten. Gordon couldn’t match

played the rest of

last card, Mr.

asked.

of his

the table. It

you have a traitor beside

tongue and looked at Selena

that K, Gordon

play any cards,

to take off any

off his suit icily, revealing his

onto

Then he pointed at Isabella.

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switch.”

wasn’t expecting him to

at Selena and heaved a

hung in the air.

her seat, and she

felt a sharp

she stood up anyway. She felt the

pulling her harder, refusing to let

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stood up. The light that

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

looked at Gordon. “She’s a

of

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were a lot of bunny girls in

Gordon to get

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that was mortifying, and

“I brought that woman

place tonight.” He looked

his arms and looked at