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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to look at her. The look

his face was icy.

his tongue again, and

lines on the corner of his

“Are you taking this,

at his cards. She softly

right, Gordon must have two

was going to use those to win,

going

cares about Seth too

Gordon played a nine.

earlier, but the man

now. He gave the cards

want to

played a ten. Gordon couldn’t

played the rest

card, Mr. Dunkstein?”

asked.

inside of his cheek

table. It was

traitor beside you.”

at Selena

that K,

didn’t even play any cards, so

to take

suit icily, revealing his

He plopped down onto the chair and

he pointed

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switch.”

him

Selena and heaved

in the

of her seat, and

felt a sharp

she stood up anyway. She felt the

waist pulling her harder, refusing

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The light that shone

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

at Gordon. “She’s

one of the

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a lot of bunny girls in

get

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that was mortifying, and

that woman you’re holding

tonight.” He looked at Isabella

arms and