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Harry and Brandon glanced at Trevor, then at Celeste. As their gazes landed on Wynn, they furrowed their brows.

After a moment of silence, Trevor spoke up. “It’s been a while since you played chess, hasn’t it?”

While examining his setup, she simply nodded and hummed in reply, not looking up.

She barely played chess anymore after marrying him.

“I can tell you’re a little rusty,” Trevor remarked.

Celeste didn’t say anything in reply, her attention fixed on the chessboard.

The game wasn’t going well for her right now.

It looked like there was a promising opening on Trevor’s side, but in truth, his hidden pieces were lying in wait, ready to trap her.

She pondered for a moment. Then, she avoided the trap he had laid and made her move

And now, Trevor was at a disadvantage.

He smirked and, after a long moment, placed his next piece on the board.

The tension in the game increased again.

was defeated, but it was a

somewhere else.

but in their first match, she managed to understand part of her opponent’s strategy. She repeatedly made moves to counter his attacks while setting hidden pieces to disrupt his plans. For someone so young to have such sharp observation, memory, and control

said firmly, “You wouldn’t

Brandon mumbled

playing with Trevor, he wouldn’t have

up,

that, Wynn pursed

the gap is so close; another game

however, shook her head.

previous game seemed to be very close, almost as if she had

have been a false impression he purposely

in mind, she left

Lucas stepped in to take her

went up to Celeste. “Let’s get something to

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“Okay.”

relationship between Celeste and Matthias.

Brandon nodded in agreement.

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