Divorce Time 237

Chapter 237

They glanced at Thorne, then at Charlene, and finally settled their gaze on Vesta, their brows furrowing slightly. In the silence, Thorne suddenly spoke up, "Been a while since you played chess?"

Charlene was focused on dismantling his strategy and responded without looking up, just giving a small "Yeah."

Ever since marrying him, she had pretty much stopped playing chess altogether.

Thorne commented, "You seem a bit rusty."

Charlene didn't reply, keeping her concentration on the board. The situation wasn't in her favor.

It looked like there was a promising path near Thorne's side, but in reality, he had set hidden traps, waiting for her to take the bait so he could catch her off guard.

After pondering for a moment, Charlene bypassed his traps and made her move elsewhere.

The board finally began to clear up.

Now, Thorne was on the back foot.

Thorne raised an eyebrow with a smile and took a long moment before making his next move.

became tense

more exchanges, Charlene lost by a narrow

of the first move, yet she managed to pick up on parts of her

declared,

"Yeah,

the one playing against Thorne,

that she

this, Vesta

the gap was so small.

"Exactly!"

shook her head,

last game looked like she was close to fully understanding Thorne's

who knew if what she thought she understood wasn't

left without looking back, vacating

in to fill

and

Charlene agreed, "Sure."

between Stewart and Charlene and paused, "The young one from the Ferguson family is quite

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