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.

his face was icy.

tongue again, and he

lines on the corner

to Seth. “Are you

at his cards. She softly said,

I’m right, Gordon must have

use those to win, with

is going to

cares about

a

moments earlier, but the

now. He gave the cards back

want to finish

ten. Gordon

the rest

your last card,

asked.

inside of his cheek and

table. It was

have a traitor beside

tongue and looked at Selena in disdain. If

K,

didn’t even play

take off

took off his suit

plopped down onto the

pointed

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switch.”

him to be

and

hung in the

her seat, and she

Isabella felt a

stood up anyway. She felt

waist pulling her

1. go.

The light

around him felt cold. He scanned the place, and

at Gordon. “She’s

one of the ladies

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bunny girls in this

get a

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was mortifying, and

“I brought that

tonight.” He looked at Isabella

his arms and looked at Seth.