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

focus sharpening as the

a thing or two about chess, eventually asked Charlene,

replied.

hard to say,” Cha

close enough to hear Charlene, thought her response was dodgy and

something else; he sensed that Charlene had more

found it difficult to articulate her

appeared to be at a disadvantage often, he consistently found ways to bounce back. Or perhaps, he

seemed evenly matched.

However…

was “hard to say,” it wasn’t because she was Thorne

of the outcome. She just

might choose to let

Quintin chuckled and glanced at Thorne. “Young man from the Henderson family, even though my skills aren’t top–tier, you’re letting me off too easily. That won’t sit well

since I played; I’m

amusement, not buying the excuse.

and it took another ten minutes before Thorne managed to win by a

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single piece.

being upset, Quintin felt invigorated, eager to test Thorne’s true

for him to continue.