Chapter 588:

“Nope. It’s my turn.”

The group bickered lightheartedly.

Ellis’s eyes were deep and intense. His elegant fingers danced across the chessboard with precision and grace.

He sped up his pace, curious to see how Freya would react when she saw him.

Back at Josiah’s place, Freya focused fully on the chessboard, aware that when he played seriously, he was no easy opponent.

Twenty minutes ticked by. Their game reached a tense, pivotal moment, just as Ellis finished his own match.

Freya and Josiah were so locked into their game that they didn’t notice the tall, striking man in a black coat and combat boots walking quietly along the garden path.

Freya leaned in, checking Josiah’s piece.

came to

swept over the back of her head, then dropped to the chessboard, a

her but thought nothing of it, assuming

absorbed, didn’t

Another twenty minutes passed.

The game finally ended.

felt a growing fondness for Freya. “You laid out one clever move after

before he could admit she’d almost beaten him, his

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rascal! When did he sneak

make such a face and instinctively turned to

caught sight of the person standing behind her, she froze for a moment,

Her captain?

little rascal.” Josiah’s voice snapped her out of her

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