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 once

Charlene

last one. She didn't have the advantage of the first move, yet she managed to pick up on parts of her opponent's strategy from their previous match. She skillfully navigated through it while laying her own traps-such sharp observation, memory, and strategic thinking

declared,

"Yeah, I

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

that she didn't intend to continue, Thorne suggested,

Vesta tightened her

in, "Yeah, the gap was

"Exactly!"

shook her head,

she was close

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

left

in to

approached her and suggested, "Fancy a

Charlene agreed, "Sure."

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

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