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.

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

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

among the

coming face

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

from

watched with keen

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

no pro, just somewhat

significant gap between her

crucial. I hope we come out

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

this is Craneville's

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

Piper scowled.

up:

player scoffed, clearly

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

from his usual calm to a fierce,

left in

rules, Wallace's win allowed him to