The Scorned Heiress's Hidden Empire (by Jade Quinn) novel Chapter 242

Chapter 242-

Chapter 242

Natalie took the glass and asked. “Did you get a feeling I’d win?”

Henry nodded. “I did.”

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Natalie took a sip and set the glass down on the coffee table. “Then check again. Do you think I’ll win this afternoon?”

Henry looked at her, a small smile tugging at his lips. “Yes.”

Natalie gave him a faint smile and then looked down at her phone.

Henry sat beside her, with just a throw pillow between them.

Sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, spilling over the coffee table and casting their shadows on the carpet, so close they almost touched.

Natalie stood up and walked toward a bedroom on the first floor. “Looks like you’ve got nothing better to do.”

Henry watched her leave, then glanced at the string of beads on his wrist, turning them slowly. The beads slid gently against his skin, warm and smooth to the touch.

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He wasn’t just wasting time. He was busy making his birthday wish happen.

At 2:30 PM, Natalie arrived for the afternoon match. She picked up her number card and took her seat at her assigned spot,

crolling through her phone.

People around her gradually settled in, some discussing game records, others flipping through their chess notes. She kept

er head down, as if there was an invisible wall between her and the lively crowd.

At the table next to hers sat a young man, probably not even twenty, dressed in a sharp black suit, wearing rimless glasses with his hair messily falling over his forehead.

When he saw Natalie, he froze for a second, his gaze lingering on her face before quickly looking away

de paused mid-motion as he adjusted his clothes, a flicker of disgust flashing in his eyes.

What’s she doing here? he thought, a hint of annoyance in his mind.

Can she even play he wondered, skepticism clear in his eyes.

Natalie seemed to sense his stare and gave him a quick, indifferent glance before looking back down at her phone

After a while, the referee announced the start of the match

Natalie s opponent was a middle aged man, a professional five dan player. When he sat down and saw her entry card marked ‘unranked, he couldn’t help but smirk

Natalie didn’t even look at num She won the coin toss and got to play first

She picked up the black stone jar and placed her first move in the upper left corner, at the sintall star point

The middle-aged man, playing white made his move quickly

The first twenty moves were steady, neither side gaining an edge. But by the thirtieth move Natalie suddenly struck in the lower right corner. After a series of exchanges she captured a small group of white stone’s

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The referee knew her well by now. Whenever he saw her coming, he’d turn the sign-in sheet to her page before the even arrived.

Word started to get around.

There was this young, unranked female player from the Clark Go Club. She played lightning fast, her style was razor-sharp and her moves were unpredictable. She hadn’t lost a single game yet.

People started coming just to watch her play. There were always a few extra people standing around her table, but nobody dared to say a word. They even held their breath, afraid to make a sound.

Plenty of people tried to record her games and study them later, but no matter how hard they tried, they just couldn’t figure out her style.

All they could tell was that her first few games were basically training matches, and after that, she just blitzed through without wasting a second.

Plenty of people were hoping they’d get to face her, just getting to play her for real was considered a privilege.

But there were also plenty of folks saying she was young and reckless, way too arrogant, and that she’d crash and burn

ventually.

As the tournament went on and things got tougher, some were even placing bets on whether she’d get knocked out before he finals.

3y the fifth day, only eight players were left. Besides Natalie, there was Eliott Rogers, the only professional 7-dan, and the >ther six were all big names in the chess world.

There was a veteran who’d won a world championship, a mid-career player who’d taken first place in the national ournament three years in a row, and a returnee who’d just come back from the Korean Go Academy.

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