I Quit, Mr. Shaffer by Isabella Symons

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

his face was icy.

his tongue

lines on the corner of

you taking

looked at his cards. She softly

right, Gordon must

was going to use those

This is going

cares about

Gordon played a nine.

moments earlier, but

He gave the cards back

He didn’t want to finish

a ten.

she played the rest of the

card, Mr.

asked.

the inside of

the table. It was a

you have a traitor beside you.” Bethany

at Selena in disdain.

played that K, Gordon

Dariel didn’t even play any cards, so they

take

his suit icily, revealing

He plopped down onto the chair

Then he pointed

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switch.”

him to be this

at Selena and heaved a sigh

in the air.

her seat,

a sharp

stood up anyway. She

her

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up. The light that shone

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

at Gordon. “She’s a

one of

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a lot of bunny girls in this club.

get a

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that was mortifying, and

“I brought that woman you’re holding

tonight.” He looked at Isabella

his arms and looked at

you ask

little,