"Grayson?"
Brittany was momentarily flabbergasted, instinctively turning her gaze towards Grayson. "You are, Mr. Keegan's father?"
The Wright family was synonymous with Craneville's chess dynasty, and Grayson was revered as a professional chess player by countless individuals. She had heard of the patriarch's name before, but they had never crossed paths.
Naturally, she had not connected the dots between the Wright family's patriarch and an elderly man playing chess in the local chess club!
Piper approached Grayson with a smile, "Grayson, you finally made it. Keegan has been waiting for you."
"Waiting for me?"
Grayson, hands clasped behind his back, replied, "I've already said, I won't compete. I'm here for—"
"Ms. Lynette, how do you happen to know Grayson?"
Piper assumed Brittany must have used some strategy to make the old man remember her.
"Piper, you know her?"
Grayson was surprised, wondering if this young lady was indeed a Craneville socialite. Why hadn't he seen her before? Or even heard about her?
"Grayson, this is Ms. Lynette, Brittany, the Lynette family's heiress."
Piper introduced Brittany's identity in detail, adding, "Yuri, Mr. Lynette is her father."
Grayson, often secluded, barely kept up with Craneville's news.
He had just learned that Yuri had a daughter.
"I see."
Brittany, not wishing to dwell with Piper, bid the old man farewell and left.
Grayson called out to her, "After the match, I'll wait for you at the chess club."
"Alright."
Brittany agreed cheerfully.
Seeing this, Piper became restless, "Grayson, did you meet Ms. Lynette at the chess club?"
"Yes, the young lady is quite talented."
Grayson didn't hide his praise.
Yet, Piper was skeptical. If Brittany was truly good at chess, why hadn't she joined the chess club?
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