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.

event, the chess club members were all fired up, determined to

was nothing short of spectacular, capturing the

among the invited

her team into the venue, coming face

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

player, a renowned young chess prodigy from

with

you seem really into chess. Why didn't you

pro,

there was still a significant gap between her and the

agreed: "This tournament is crucial. I hope we come out on

the first match concluded, Welandia's player demonstrated exceptional skill, completely outplaying

of victory, their player boasted: "So this

player, cheeks flushed with anger, managed to keep his emotions in check as he respectfully exited the stage. Following

Piper scowled.

up:

scoffed, clearly

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

shifted from his usual calm to

defeated player left in

Wallace's win allowed him