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 at

his face was icy.

tongue

smile lines on the corner of his

“Are you taking this,

cards. She softly said,

right, Gordon must have

was going to use those to win, with the

This is going to

cares about Seth too

played a nine.

earlier, but the man

He gave

He didn’t want

ten. Gordon

played the rest

last card, Mr. Dunkstein?”

asked.

the inside of his cheek

onto the table. It was a

have a traitor

looked at Selena in disdain.

played that K,

didn’t even play any cards,

take off any

took off his suit icily,

plopped down onto the chair and

Then he pointed at

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switch.”

expecting him to be

looked at Selena and heaved a

in

her seat, and she walked

Isabella felt a sharp

but she stood up anyway.

pulling her

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light that shone on him

him felt cold. He scanned the place, and everything around him felt heavier and

looked at Gordon. “She’s a saboteur.

in one of the

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bunny girls in this club.

Gordon to get a

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that was mortifying, and

brought that woman

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