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

Charlene lost by a

on parts of her opponent's strategy from their previous match. She skillfully navigated through it while laying her own traps-such sharp

that, he turned to Quintin and declared,

"Yeah,

he had been the one playing against Thorne, he wouldn't have lasted as long

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

Vesta

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

"Exactly!"

Charlene shook her head,

last game looked like she was close to

who knew if what she thought she understood wasn't just a façade

thought in mind, she left without looking back, vacating

to fill the

her and suggested,

Charlene agreed, "Sure."

and paused, "The young one from

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