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.

inter-school event, the chess club members were all fired up, determined

the attention of

was among

the venue, coming

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

from Craneville, faced off in a fierce

with keen

"Bri, you seem really into chess. Why didn't you join

pro, just somewhat

significant gap between her and the professional

crucial. I hope we come out on

player demonstrated exceptional skill, completely outplaying

the moment of victory, their player boasted: "So this is Craneville's so-called prodigy. Not much

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

Piper scowled.

stood up:

scoffed, clearly underestimating

skill was unmatched. In less than half an hour, he had his opponent begging for

to a fierce, aggressive style,

left in

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