Divorce Time

Chapter 232

Thorne set his glass of water down and said politely, “The pleasure is all mine to have a chess match with you, Quintin.”

Thorne walked over and took a seat across from Quintin. “Please, Quintin, guide me through this game,” he added.

Vesta and Granger, along with the others, gathered around to watch the game unfold.

Charlene and Stewart joined too, positioning themselves behind Quintin.

Now, Vesta and Granger were both familiar with chess.

Seeing Charlene so absorbed in the game, Granger approached. “Do you play chess?” he asked Charlene.

“A little,” Charlene replied modestly.

Stewart, standing nearby, muttered under his breath, “A little? More like a ton.”

But he said nothing more, perhaps because he wasn’t too familiar with her.

At first, both Quintin and Thorne’s strategies were quite nebulous.

Gradually, though, as they got a feel for each other’s style, Quintin leaned towards an aggressive strategy.

Thorne, on the other hand, focused on thwarting Quintin’s attacks while carving out new paths for himself.

At a glance, it seemed like Thorne was struggling.

In reality…

Charlene watche

her focus sharpening as the

also knew a thing or two about chess, eventually asked Charlene, “Who do you

replied.

hard to

enough to hear Charlene, thought her response was dodgy and

picked up on something else; he sensed that Charlene had more on her mind that

difficult

disadvantage often, he consistently found ways to bounce back. Or perhaps, he was cleverly

game seemed evenly

However…

said it was “hard to say,” it wasn’t

of the outcome. She just wasn’t

he might choose

Henderson family, even though my

while since I played; I’m a

snorted with amusement, not buying the excuse.

another ten minutes before Thorne managed to win by

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single piece.

Quintin felt invigorated, eager to test Thorne’s true

for him to continue.