Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Chapter 828 That’s Genius!

Hayley’s POV:

The loser had slap herself in front of the winner. The rule is set; it must be carried out.

I won, so Monica has to slap herself in public.

Monica’s face darkened. She snapped back, “Who said I lost?”

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“This doesn’t even count as a real match! You spelled out the word stupid with the pieces to humiliate me and mess with my head. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have lost!”

Ha. She actually dared to pull this kind of stunt in front of me.

I clenched my hands, hiding the claws already forming beneath my skin. Curling my lips into a mocking smile, I asked coldly, “So you’re saying you’re going to weasel out of it?”

Monica raised her voice, acting like she was the most righteous person alive. “Who’s weaseling out? If I lost to your skill, I’d admit it. But this? You insulted me mid–game, disrupting my focus. I’ll never acknowledge a match like that!”

The moment she finished, an old man with silver hair, leaning on his aide, parted the crowd and walked forward.

to turn around. The moment his scent reached me, Hera, my

and unmoving, like a

and lit up, immediately leaving the table to greet

pulled

of the National

“Mr. Atkinson!”

old now, walking isn’t easy. I hadn’t planned on

sir.

ready to introduce

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him off. “Master, just look for yourself. She spelled out ‘stupid‘ with the pieces to insult me, throwing me

“Spelled out stupid?”

neck, studied the board for several seconds, then suddenly broke into a delighted grin. “Amazing! To play the

don’t you think this isn’t even real chess? It was just an insult, a cheap

around him, “Where