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

"I see."

not wishing to dwell with Piper, bid the old man farewell

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

"Alright."

Brittany agreed cheerfully.

"Grayson, did you meet Ms. Lynette

the young lady is quite

hide his

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

age, had mistaken

"Grayson, let's head over."

of Piper's doubts about his mental acuity, Grayson, hands

intense hour had passed,

was no

restless, the pace gradually increasing. Ulysses

composure,

Ulysses fell behind but managed a comeback in

end, they

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

it's an honor to match

of Craneville, few could match Keegan's skill. Competing with him, even in loss,

the game, there was a half-hour