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

the back of her head, then dropped to the chessboard, a faint smile curling on

it, assuming it

equally absorbed, didn’t glance

Another twenty minutes passed.

The game finally ended.

impressed. He felt a growing fondness for Freya. “You laid out one

before he could admit she’d almost beaten him, his eyes landed on Ellis—and

𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖋𝖞 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖈𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊: 𝖌𝖆𝖑𝖓𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖑𝖘[․]𝖈𝖔𝖒

When did

saw Josiah make such a face and instinctively turned to follow

her, she froze for a moment, her expression

Her captain?

snapped her out of her trance. “I thought

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