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.

game became tense once

few more exchanges, Charlene lost by a

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

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

conceded, "Yeah, I

the one playing against Thorne, he wouldn't have

pieces, Charlene stood up. Seeing that she didn't intend to continue, Thorne suggested, "How about another

this, Vesta tightened her

someone chimed in, "Yeah, the gap

"Exactly!"

shook her head,

like she was close to fully understanding Thorne's

knew if what she thought she understood wasn't

in mind, she left without looking

to fill the

and suggested,

Charlene agreed, "Sure."

close rapport between Stewart and Charlene and paused,

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