Chapter 72: Chess

Eleanor felt nervous as she climbed out of the car. She could feel her heart thudding against her ribcage as she took each step along with Cedric. Cedric walked along with her as he held the gifts in both of his hands. Eleanor was shocked to see him prepare the gifts for her family. When she inquired about the gifts, she got to know that he arranged for his men to buy gifts last night itself. 

Why wasn't she surprised?

"Let's go in," Cedric said to her as she stood rooted in front of the enormous door. Only she knew that this was the most arduous and longest walk for her from the car to the door, in her whole life. Gulping down… she looked at him with a nervous smile. 

"The person who should be nervous is me, not you. You got me, Let's face it together," He said to her and walked forward.

Eleanor nodded and walked ahead with him. They saw Aiden Zora was pacing relentlessly as if he was going to die in a second. 

Aiden Zora made his right hand into a fist and placed it into his open palm at his back. Sometimes, he would even mumble gibberish in himself. 

Cedric: "…" 

Now he understood where his woman got the habit of overthinking. He can't say his future-father-in-law was cute but can say he loves her a lot. 

"Dad!" Eleanor called him out when she saw him. 

Cedric saw Aiden straightening his posture to look proper, prim, and sophisticated. He wanted to laugh at his actions but held it in, as he doesn't want to disrespect his father-in-law. "Come here!" Aiden called to them. 

They both went in and settled down inside the hall. Cedric kept the gifts on the table and stood aside. Aiden raised his brow at his actions but he quickly covered it up and motioned him to sit. Like an obedient boy, Cedric sat on the couch beside Eleanor. He acted like a nervous student who was going to take an important exam. 

After few minutes, Butler Eric walked in between them with a platter of fruits and desserts. Everyone knew Eleanor was not a fan of sweets. So… they always served her fruits. 

"Serve the fruits to the young lady but not this young man," Aiden said suddenly, making the Butler stumped. But he knew what it meant. He would never interfere in his decisions. Cedric knew this kind of situation would arise. No matter how prepared he was, it's just he cannot face this situation. And even Eleanor couldn't support him in this situation as she was equally nervous like him. 

"So young man…. Tell me about yourself," Aiden started. 

"Dad… you know about him," Eleanor whined at him. 

"So?" Aiden replied to her. 

Eleanor: "…" 

"Dad… I realized I need to check the emails from the company. I will go take a look. You and Cedric have a nice chat," Eleanor said and ran away at a lightning speed raising some invisible dust in the air. 

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"Uncle Eric, make someone send the fruit platter to my room," Eleanor popped out her head from upstairs as she yelled these words. 

Butler Eric smiled at her glutton ways and he himself went and handed the fruits to her. Knowing that she can't attend the office today… she had made her PA do the work for her. 

"So… young man… do you have the answer or not?" He asked. 

"I am Cedric Emerson, the current CEO of Emerson's enterprise. I graduated from Center of Scholar's University in Dante country." Cedric said. He even forgot many of his own qualifications and achievements in his nervousness. 

Aiden snickered at his reply. "I guess the internet could give me more details than you," he said, making the poor lad shudder. 

Cedric smiled nervously. Even when he had made many achievements, he never felt like this. Dammit! This was the first time where he felt completely uncompetitive and worthless. 

"Why are you attracted to my daughter?" Aiden asked. He motioned Eric to get the chessboard from his study. 

"Know how to play Chess?" Aiden asked again.

Cedric nodded his head at him. "You still need to answer my previous question," Aiden said again. 

"I noticed she is like my mother. I was curious about her in the start… and my curiosity turned into attraction and then to love," Cedric as he stabilized his condition. 

Eric brought the chessboard down and settled it on the coffee table. And he arranged all the chess pieces on both sides before moving away and standing beside Aiden. 

Aiden took black and made the first move. He moved the soldier in front of the camel a step ahead and waited for Cedric's move. 

Cedric did the same move but he did that in a diagonal way. From their moves, one could say that they were trying to compete and won't let each other loose. They both were head-on, not letting go of Eleanor. After all, she was their sweetheart in their own way. She was Aiden's sweet and cute princess. While she was a cute and seductive queen who belonged to Cedric. 

They made moves slowly yet in a witty way. Their way of playing turned complicated as seconds passed. No one has made the first kill as they were too careful in moving their pawns. That's when the first kill had started… Aiden killed the horse of Cedric with his camel moving diagonally. 

Cedric wanted to use his queen to kill Aiden's camel but there was a soldier diagonally of his queen. He can't lose his queen and it would stupid to move the queen in this situation. That's when he saw an opportunity, he could use another horse to kill Aiden's horse. And he made his first kill with his second-level soldiers. 

Many moves were made. They both looked like pro players. Aiden showed no mercy while he played with Cedric. 

"Check!" Aiden announced suddenly grabbing his attention. 

Cedric frowned and killed his soldier. Even though it doesn't help him… at least he made a kill. Cedric realized he needs to learn chess more proficiently. But he always won matches with his friends, so he was kind of arrogant.. But in front of a middle-aged man who played chess with many people and many years and made business deals… how could he compare himself to him.

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