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

his face was icy.

his tongue again,

on the corner

“Are you taking this,

cards. She

If I’m right, Gordon

to use

is going to be

cares about Seth too

Gordon played a nine. Seth was

moments earlier, but

gave the

didn’t want to finish

a ten.

the rest of

card,

asked.

of his cheek

card onto the table. It was

have a traitor beside

and looked at Selena in disdain. If

that K, Gordon would’ve won.

play any cards, so

to take off

took off his suit icily, revealing

plopped down onto the chair and

pointed at Isabella. “You

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switch.”

wasn’t expecting him

and heaved a

hung in the

of her seat,

felt a sharp stare

up anyway. She felt the

her waist pulling her harder, refusing to

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light

before. The air around him felt cold. He scanned the place, and everything around him felt heavier and oppressive. He held

looked at Gordon. “She’s a

in one of the

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were a lot of bunny girls in this club.

to get

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thought that was mortifying, and

“I brought that

He

arms and looked