Chapter 315 Victory and Defeat


    Shane watched from aside and whispered, "Max, shall we take a break?"


    Max quickly shushed him. "Silence while watching chess. Don''t you understand such a simple


    rule?"


    Shane kept quiet and looked toward Grace.


    She remained calm without faltering throughout. Even though this chess game involved her


    marriage, she wasn''t flustered.


    Shane sneered, thinking Grace was putting up an act.


    "Hey, no, you can''t take my knight!"


    Max quickly spoke up, interrupting Grace''s move, "I made a mistake."


    As he spoke, he returned the piece and sneered, "It''s all because of Shane. He distracted me and


    messed up my thinking. Ms. Lewis, can I redo my move?"


    Grace didn''t speak, but she looked at him incredulously.


    This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    Max looked a bit uneasy. He should understand such a basic rule after ying chess for so many


    years.


    He gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, you can take it!"


    So, he took his piece off the board, and the evenly matched game now clearly favored Grace.


    Beads of sweat appeared on Max''s forehead. After so many years, he had encountered such a


    formidable opponent for the first time.


    Grace''s skills were indeed not to be underestimated.


    Max took the game more seriously than before, and a single chess game took over an hour without


    a clear oue. Both yers were very patient.


    "Ms. Lewis, you''re the first person to awe me. I''m surprised that you were able to make it so far."


    Max had been ying chess for over 20 years.


    No one who yed chess with him couldn''t make it to 30 moves, but Grace was clearly better than


    him.


    "Max, you''re too kind. My grandfather taught me chess when I was a child. I rarely y chess in my


    daily life."


    Max was shocked to hear that.


    A casual chess yer had managed to catch him, a seasoned chess yer, off guard.


    "Ms. Lewis, you''re too modest."


    Grace moved herst chess piece, putting Max in a checkmate.


    "Checkmate."


    Max''s hand trembled. His pieces were surrounded. His eyes widened in disbelief.


    He had lost.


    Shane quickly stepped forward and eximed in disbelief, "How is this possible? How could Max


    lose?"


    But the chessboard was there. It couldn''t be faked.


    Grace shrugged, looking rxed. "Max, what do you say?"


    Max closed his eyes in utter defeat.


    Then he patted his chest, took a deep breath, and said, "I lost."


    As soon as he said this, the surrounding staff, who had previously been excited, all fell silent. Even


    Shane was dumbfounded.


    Max had lost.


    That meant that he would let Grace take over the gang.


    Then, Grace would settle the score for what he had done. Shane''s back was already covered in


    cold sweat.


    "Max! It''s just a chess game. This doesn''t count."


    Max rubbed his head, looked at him coldly, and said, "A gentleman''s word is his bond. Ms. Lewis,


    you won fair and square!"


    With that, Max stood up and extended his hand toward Grace.


    "Ms. Lewis, I yield to you. Please ept my respect."