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

exchanges, Charlene lost by

she managed to pick up on parts of her opponent's strategy from their

turned to Quintin and declared, "You wouldn't stand a chance

conceded, "Yeah, I

against Thorne, he wouldn't have lasted as long as

Seeing that

Vesta tightened her

someone chimed in, "Yeah, the gap was so small. Another game and

"Exactly!"

Charlene shook her head,

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

if what she thought she understood

she left without looking back, vacating her

in to fill

approached her and suggested, "Fancy a

Charlene agreed, "Sure."

rapport between Stewart and Charlene and paused, "The young one from the Ferguson

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