The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1086

Claire finished her meal and stayed with Dane to chat with the two older men.

Bored, the two seniors had the mahjong table set up and made the young couple play with them.

Claire was a math prodigy who had nearly been poached by the mathematics department, and Dane was cunning as a fox; there was no way they were going to lose to a pair of old men.

However, both seniors had built empires in their prime and were impossibly shrewd.

The four-player game quickly became fascinating.

It felt like an actual battlefield.

By eleven o'clock, no one had really won or lost much.

Claire and Dane had even gone easy on them, letting the two older men win a little.

"Ugh, this is boring. I'd rather go to the park and play against strangers."

Padgett was actually complaining.

Playing against the regulars at the park was much better; they never held back and would argue until they were red in the face over fifty cents. It was hilarious.

Most of those retirees probably had pensions in the thousands of dollars.

Yet, at the park tables, they would still go to war over spare change.

Whenever he went, he always went completely incognito.

Claire didn't have classes on Monday morning, so she stayed home.

When Padgett said he was going to the park for his morning exercise, Claire was puzzled; their estate was huge, so why travel all the way out there?

He hadn't even stayed for breakfast. Worried, Claire decided to track him down at the park.

By the time she found him, he was locked in a heated argument with another player.

"What's wrong, Grandpa?"

As Claire approached, the other players and bystanders all turned to look at her.

"Mr. James, your granddaughter is this gorgeous?"

*Excuse me?*

Claire had no idea who the man was talking to.

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