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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.

Celeste was defeated,

somewhere else.

“This round was even more exciting than the last, though. She didn’t have the advantage of going first, but in their first match, she managed to understand part of her opponent’s strategy. She

and said firmly, “You wouldn’t be able to

Brandon mumbled in

playing with Trevor, he wouldn’t have made it as

up the chess pieces, Celeste stood up, Noticing she seemed done, Trevor asked again,

hearing that, Wynn pursed

Celeste could speak, someone added, “Yeah, the gap is so close; another game and you

however, shook her head. “No, I’m

very close, almost as if she had figured out Trevor’s

have been

in mind, she left

Lucas stepped in to take

“Let’s get something to

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“Okay.”

sight of the close relationship between Celeste and Matthias.

Brandon nodded in agreement.

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