Leave Me Alone, Mr Shaffer by Diana Tenny novel Chapter 78

Chapter 78

Isabella spent extravagantly by swiping her card for 600 thousand. The

crowd gathered and gossiped all the while.

Gordon stood nearby, and his expression was grim. When Isabella brought

out the card, he was certain that it was from Seth.

“Isabella, the final payment has been processed. The car should arrive in

about two weeks.” Someone from the contract department handed the

finalized contract to Isabella.

She accepted it while maintaining a cold demeanor. “Thank you.”

The surroundings fell silent until someone, maybe emboldened by the others,

started offering consoling words to Isabella for acquiring the Ghost.

Upon feeling the pinch of that hard-earned commitment, Isabella found

everyone irritating; she didn’t even bother with a perfunctory response.

Jonas had thought of approaching her several times to ease the tension, but

her icy demeanor forced him to retreat. He felt very frustrated and wanted to

speak up, but Gordon had already pushed through the crowd and pulled

Isabella from her seat.

Isabella was disinterested in hearing these people’s nonsense, so she

followed Gordon out of the company.

It was past lunchtime, around 2.00PM. The sun was bright outside.

Without much ado, Isabella got into Gordon’s car and asked him to turn on

the air conditioning.

“I’ll take a nap. I’m really tired.”

Gordon was somewhat surprised. Isabella had been very cautious around

him in the past, but now she trusted him enough to sleep in his car. This

change in attitude was a significant turning point.

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“Sure. You sleep. I’ll watch over you.”

Isabella was too exhausted to care. All she wanted now was sleep; her mind

was in turmoil.

After spending Seth’s 750 thousand and losing the promise of that empty

check, every step she took ahead felt like walking on a tightrope.

The voice of Lara echoed in her ears, causing her entire body to tense up and

bring forth all the suppressed darkness within her.

You brought this upon yourself. Don’t blame me for using you as a tool.

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She sighed while trying to relax a bit so that she could sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Isabella opened her eye’s again and found

that the car had become pitch black.

She was startled, and she sat upright while looking around. Gordon was

sitting in the driver’s seat and playing games on his phone.

Upon hearing movement behind him, he put away his phone and turned to

her. “You’re awake.”

Isabella ruffled her hair and felt a bit embarrassed. “I’ve kept you the entire

afternoon. I’m sorry.”

He leaned back while putting his feet up on the dashboard.

“No worries. You didn’t keep me waiting. I was just pondering all afternoon.

Felt frustrated.”

Isabella’s thoughts were a bit slow just after waking up. “What?”

“I was thinking if I should kiss you secretly.” Gordon shrugged and teased her.

“I almost couldn’t resist several times.”

She was speechless as she rolled her eyes.

Gordon was still enthusiastic and couldn’t help asking her, “What do you want

to have for dinner?”