Leave Me Alone, Mr Shaffer by Diana Tenny

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Isabella had just finished her shower around 3.00AM. Just then, a third round

of knocking began, and it was the same waiter as before. Isabella was

already numb to it. So, she let the waiter bring the meal into the room and

closed the door expressionlessly.

This time, it was a dish of fish mixed with foie gras, which was also the same

dish she had for dinner. If she had guessed it right, there were seven more

dishes waiting for her, along with a serving of ice cream.

God! Isabella felt as though she was about to lose it, but she couldn’t exactly

scream out loud. In the end, she had to force herself to swallow her rage. She

already had a suspect in mind, but it seemed unlikely. After all, how could

Seth be so childish? Yet, she couldn’t think of a second person beside him. If it

were Seth, she would have no choice but to endure it. She was only suffering

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from lack of sleep now. However, things would only take a turn for the worse if

she angered him.

She sat at the dining table and stuffed the food in her mouth out of

frustration. Her cheeks bulged as she kept shoveling food in her mouth,

resembling a pufferfish.

The knocking became more frequent for the next half an hour. Yet, the dishes

were delivered one after another until she finally got her hands on the ice

cream.

Just as Isabella thought she could finally have a moment of peace to herself,

the waiter said, “The wine you ordered will be here shortly. Please wait for a

moment

Isabella took a deep breath and stood by the door without saying anything.

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When the waiter brought the wine, she immediately knew just who the culprit

was. After all, this bottle was the same one she had drunk that night. It was

that cost her almost

closed the door and felt the rational part of

mind. Then,

her mind.

be humiliating herself if she called

she had done to make him upset

about it.

her forehead. She was

already 4.00AM, and she had

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it. I’ll apologize to him when I wake up later. Otherwise, I might

get through tomorrow.

flopped on the bed and decided to throw her problems

eyes and

sleep, Isabella opened her eyes and noticed the

Nonetheless, she could tell that it wasn’t early in the

pushed herself off the bed and grabbed

already 11.00AM.

tingling with pain as

Jonas isn’t around. That way, I can come up with an excuse.

that I was meeting with my clients and hopefully

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it meant that my

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felt herself

limping downstairs for

she might as

she reluctantly dialed

call was connected, but the

speechless. Nevertheless,

cheese

Symons?” Ollie instantly answered

asked gently, “Could you do me a favor and pass a

Shaffer?”

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beside me. You can talk to him directly Ollie was

handed the phone

since she knew Seth was definitely

as she said

voice

took a sip of her coffee and suppressed the bitterness

thank you

night.”

lightly and replied, “Don’t flatter yourself. Why

any food?”

response, she became even more confident that he

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had been causing her stress last night. She

“The foie gras

was the wine.”

seems like you

lips started moving, spewing silent curses

the ice cream.