Chapter 980

Arissa chuckled under her breath when she saw Benjamin's exasperated expression.

In response, Benjamin gave her a side-eye.

Arissa quickly averted her gaze to watch the old man play chess with Oliver.

Then, Benjamin walked over to her and wrapped his arm around her waist. He whispered by her ear through gritted teeth, “Were you laughing at me earlier?”

Arissa quickly shook her head as her survival instincts kicked in.

“Nope!”

Benjamin scoffed doubtfully.

Arissa stole another glance, meeting the man's deep eyes. Thus, she swiftly and guiltily averted her gaze again.

When Benjamin gave her waist a light pinch, Arissa flinched.

Then, she whipped her head around to shoot him a warning look.

Benjamin arched his brow and gazed at her, the look in his eyes as dark and deep as the ocean.

Right then, Oliver ecstatically blurted out, “Haha! Grandpa, I won!”

The rest of the children clapped and cheered.

“We told you Oliver's going to win, but you didn't believe us, Grandpa!”

how to react at that moment. “Let's do it again!” he

eyed his grandfather and asked,

“Make it quick!”

Darius gestured for Oliver

to keep playing against Darius, but in no time, Darius

“Another!” Darius insisted.

children found it

the sight of the children's seriousness, Arissa sighed inwardly and wondered, Can't the kids play along with their grandpa and let him win just

Darius' refusal to admit defeat, Benjamin commented, “You need

at him. “Shut up. You're disrupting my

in, “That's

eyes, and Arissa looked away, pretending as if she had not seen the

simultaneously gloomy and thrilled after losing several times against

never thought Oliver would be this great

the end, Oliver made it easier for Darius to win in the last round,

me this round!” was

speechless again to hear

minutes later, Darius

out, his laughter reverberating in the living

too. “Old Mr. Graham, you've finally

was still beaming,

on your win, Grandpa,” Zachary praised, smiling from ear to

Jasper

Jesse said, beaming,

awesome! You're so much better at chess than lots of

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