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 fired up, determined to make

capturing the attention of the entire town on the day of the

among the invited

the venue, coming face

Welandia's representative player made some bold claims in front of the media that nearly set the chess club

player, a renowned young chess prodigy from Craneville, faced off

watched with keen

her profile, was smitten: "Bri, you seem really

no pro, just

was still a significant gap between her

tournament is crucial. I hope we come

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

victory, their player boasted: "So this is Craneville's so-called prodigy.

emotions in check as he respectfully exited the stage. Following their win, Welandia's morale was

Piper scowled.

stood up:

player scoffed, clearly

less than half an hour, he had his opponent begging

usual calm to a fierce, aggressive

defeated player left

Wallace's win allowed him to continue