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.

learned that Yuri

"I see."

to dwell with Piper, bid the

the match, I'll wait for you

"Alright."

Brittany agreed cheerfully.

restless, "Grayson, did you meet Ms.

young lady

hide his

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

Grayson, at his age, had

"Grayson, let's head over."

acuity, Grayson, hands still clasped behind

board, an intense hour had passed,

was no better

getting restless, the pace gradually increasing. Ulysses made a rare small

regained composure, and the struggle

over half an hour, Ulysses fell behind but

end, they

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

honor to match wits with you.

skill. Competing with him, even in loss, was

game, there was a