The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

"Elijah?"

"Technically, it's Caspian." The private investigator laid out the facts: "Caspian's timing was almost too perfect, nearly overlapping with Isaac's disappearance."

Piper's expression froze: "You mean, Caspian is Isaac?"

How could that be?

After that car crash, Isaac was declared missing, presumed gone for good.

The Lynette family scoured all of Craneville and found no trace of him. How could he possibly now be Caspian?

And if he really were Isaac, why would he be working for Elijah?

"We can't be sure yet."

"What about Brittany? Any progress?"

"Ms. Lynette's records have been wiped clean, but rumor has it she's been resting at home, staying away from the public eye." The investigator seemed to recall something else: "She was reportedly seen at the hospital a while back." "Look into it."

"Will do."

After hanging up, Piper was steeped in confusion.

But before she could ponder any further, the much-anticipated inter-school chess tournament was about to begin.

was just an inter-school event, the chess club members were all

for the tournament was nothing short of spectacular, capturing the attention of the entire town on

was among

team into the venue, coming face

first match could start, Welandia's representative player made some bold claims in front of the media

young chess prodigy from

watched with keen

profile, was smitten: "Bri, you seem really into chess. Why didn't

no pro, just somewhat

significant gap between her and

I

player demonstrated exceptional skill,

this is Craneville's so-called prodigy. Not

keep his emotions in check as he respectfully exited the stage. Following their win, Welandia's morale was sky-high: "Who else

Piper scowled.

up:

player scoffed, clearly

club's top talent, Wallace's skill was unmatched. In less than half an hour, he had his

shifted from his usual calm to a fierce, aggressive style,

defeated player left in

rules, Wallace's win allowed him to continue to the