The Returned Heiress Who Had It All (Cassia) novel Chapter 243

Chapter 243 One Minute

Chapter 243 One Minute

In under five minutes, she boxed Danica in until there was nowhere left to run.

Before Danica even realized it, sweat had beaded all over her forehead.

Cassia could play chess?

Since when?

Suddenly, Cassia’s earlier words flashed through Brie, Danica, and Aspen’s minds.

“What if I told you I’m the legendary chess player?”

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They remembered the daytime match–the legendary player who fought Henry for eight straight hours, her style sharp and icy, like a war god on the battlefield, terrifying enough to make people shiver from just hearing about her

Cassia?

Impossible!

They rejected that terrifying thought immediately.

Just like Aspen had thought before–how could you forge skill on that level without decades of grinding it out?

Cassia merely “knew how to play,” and she was only 18. How could she possibly compare to someone like that?

A minute later, no matter how unwilling Danica was, she couldn’t change the fact that she’d lost badly.

“Damn it…”

Fine–so this country bumpkin could play. But she was even better than Danica?!

Cassia sat cross–legged and lifted her gaze to meet Brie’s stunned eyes.

“Next.”

“I…” Brie hesitated, scrambling for an excuse to dodge.

Vance, on the other hand, looked thrilled.

He hadn’t expected Cassia to be able to play at al–let alone crush Danica, a National master

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level, in five minutes.

Now, he was dying to see Cassia play Brie.

“Brie–take the game!”

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Brie’s scalp went numb. She didn’t want to accept–and she couldn’t find a decent excuse

anymore.

With her nerves shaking, Brie sat down across from Cassia.

After drawing for the first move, Cassia took White and played first.

Cassia moved fast. Brie stared at the position, turning it over and over before finally placing her piece.

Brie’s piece touched the board–barely a heartbeat–and Cassia’s White was already down.

That fast?!

Everyone gasped.

Brie forced her mindset straight.

She only beat someone at the National master level, who didn’t even care much about the game. Brie was a candidate who trained regularly–there was nothing to fear!

Cassia could tell from Brie’s expression–Brie was terrified of losing to her.

And the more Brie feared losing, the deeper she stepped into Cassia’s setup.

From Cassia’s very first move, she’d already begun laying the net.

Now, the trap was fully set–and Brie had walked right into the jar.

Brie had assumed that at International Master strength, there was no way she could lose to Cassia.

Even if she did lose, she should be able to hold cut for an hour or two–nothing shameful.

Instead, she discovered–in shock–that she’d sunk into a swamp she couldn’t climb out of.

No matter where she played, Cassia had her pinned and picked clean.

Vance, Aspen, and Danica–who had watched the stream of Henry vs. the legendary player-

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were all staring at the board with mouths hanging open.

That was because Cassia’s style was way too similar to that of the legendary player’s.

The same ruthless speed. The same merciless precision.

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If Cassia weren’t using a “defense–as–offense” posture right now–so different from the legendary player’s relentless, forward–stabbing assaults–they might’ve actually believed Cassia was her.

And Cassia was playing even more brutally than the legendary player had against Henry- almost a pure crush: Brie played one move, Cassia took one back immediately.

Th–This was absurd!

In just three moves, Brie had already fallen into Cassia’s net–attack or defend, it didn’t matter: every move led to death.

Brie’s right hand shook as she pinched a piece, staring at the board, unable to bring herself to

move.

Because every time she played, before she could even withdraw her hand, Cassia would instantly execute her.

Cassia got impatient. She tapped the piece against the table, bored.

The piece clicked against the tabletop–tap, tap–crisp and sharp.

Normally, it was a pleasant sound. But to Brie right now, it was like someone holding a blade to her back, urging her on–pushing her toward collapse.

“I … I…”

“You’ve lost.” Cassia tossed the white piece into the box without even lifting her eyelids. The position was already settled–no matter how unwilling Brie was, continuing would just mean wandering around Cassia’s setup like a blind person.

Brie couldn’t break the net. Any move she made would be pointless.

Brie was left speechless.

From Brie’s expression, she was still trying to understand how she’d lost.

She didn’t even realize she’d walked into a trap Cassia had deliberately engineered.

Cassia didn’t like setting traps. Once she did, her opponent usually ended up like Brie–only the timing of the defeat changed. It lacked the bloody, board–to–board thrill of real combat.

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It was boring.

But tonight, she’d set this trap specifically for Bri.

And reality proved it–this net was a brutal slap across Brie’s face.

“One minute,” Cassia suddenly spoke.

“What?” Brie looked up, stunned.

What was she saying?

“I said you lost to me in one minute.”

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