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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look at

his face was icy.

clicked his tongue again,

lines on the corner of his eyes.

you taking this, Mr.

cards. She softly said,

right, Gordon must

going to use those to win,

is going to be

cares about

Gordon played a nine. Seth

moments earlier, but

interest now. He gave the

He didn’t want

played a ten. Gordon couldn’t

the

your last card, Mr.

asked.

poked the inside of his cheek

onto the table. It was

have a traitor beside you.” Bethany

looked at

that K,

Dariel didn’t even play any cards, so they

take off

took off his suit icily, revealing his

He plopped down onto the

he pointed at Isabella.

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switch.”

him to be

looked at Selena and heaved a sigh of

awkwardness hung in

her seat, and

felt a sharp stare

up anyway. She

her harder,

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The light that shone on him

air around him felt cold. He scanned the

Gordon. “She’s

in one of the

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lot of bunny girls in this club.

to get a random

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thought that was

that

tonight.” He looked at Isabella

and looked