Time in the theater- Part 4

She stared hard at the black and white squares on the board where Leo had moved his bishop. Chewing her cheek, she looked up at him before whining, "Lord Nicholas lied!"

"There there, Vivi. Lord Nicholas didn't lie. I go easy on him when we play chess. I wouldn't want him to think I am an expert so that he invites me to the soiree where men usually play with money and valuable items kept on the front to trade," he smiled at her cheekily.

When Lord Nicholas had told her the way Leo often lost to him in the game, she had been happy and out of the same hope that she could win, she had sat in front of the board to only be losing against him with a lot of loss.

"And here I thought you got better," he teased, to see her mouth twist funnily.