✿ She knew how to play, but not how to walk away ✿
The queen of silent battles, Cleopatra Corinne, moves with precision on the board-but when it comes to matters of the heart, the girl's a vulnerable pawn. Every glance, every move, every whispered word is calculated. And she knows it.
Yet, she still played.
As the game made its way, Clay finds herself willingly caught in a gambit she saw coming. But even a great manipulator can make a blunder... and when the final piece falls, the checkmate isn't on the board-it's within her.
Because all this time, he's teaching her how to lose.
"Such a foolish reason I'm afraid, I just wanted to kiss you," she shrugged. Benny went quiet thinking for a second about his next move...
She's just like a game of chess, Benny thought, except it's blind chess and you have no clue who you're against yet you still want to win.
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