The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

"Grayson?"

Brittany was momentarily flabbergasted, instinctively turning her gaze towards Grayson. "You are, Mr. Keegan's father?"

The Wright family was synonymous with Craneville's chess dynasty, and Grayson was revered as a professional chess player by countless individuals. She had heard of the patriarch's name before, but they had never crossed paths. Naturally, she had not connected the dots between the Wright family's patriarch and an elderly man playing chess in the local chess club!

Piper approached Grayson with a smile, "Grayson, you finally made it. Keegan has been waiting for you."

"Waiting for me?"

Grayson, hands clasped behind his back, replied, "I've already said, I won't compete. I'm here for "

"Ms. Lynette, how do you happen to know Grayson?"

Piper assumed Brittany must have used some strategy to make the old man remember her.

"Piper, you know her?"

Grayson was surprised, wondering if this young lady was indeed a Craneville socialite. Why hadn't he seen her before? Or even heard about her?

"Grayson, this is Ms. Lynette, Brittany, the Lynette family's heiress."

Piper introduced Brittany's identity in detail, adding, "Yuri, Mr. Lynette is her father."

Grayson, often secluded, barely kept up with Craneville's news.

had just learned that Yuri had a

"I see."

dwell with Piper,

her, "After the match, I'll wait for you at the

"Alright."

Brittany agreed cheerfully.

restless, "Grayson, did you meet Ms.

the young lady is

hide

was skeptical. If Brittany was truly good at chess, why hadn't she joined the

at his age, had

"Grayson, let's head over."

acuity, Grayson, hands still clasped behind him,

an intense hour had passed, with Keegan expending a great deal of

was no

pace gradually increasing. Ulysses made a rare small blunder,

composure, and the struggle

half an hour, Ulysses fell behind but managed a comeback in the final

end, they

fine sheen of sweat on his brow, acknowledged, "Truly, you're one of Welandia's most gifted chess players. You have a

"Keegan, it's an honor to match

few could match Keegan's skill. Competing

there was