The chess game made her forget the pain, she even felt less comfortable than just being in pain. It was truly unbearable! Poe Vaughn picked up a black piece, looked at the crisscrossed board: "What time is it?" Ava’s eyes instantly lit up, she perked up all of a sudden. Was it coming to an end? Regardless, she hurried to check the time on her phone and was shocked: "It’s actually midnight!" Poe Vaughn rubbed the pieces with his fingertip, his gaze unchanged. Ava thought this person had a good potential to be a teacher. Throughout teaching her to play chess, he hadn’t shown a bit of impatience, no matter how dumb she was, he never showed disdain. Such a teacher is really nice, but there’s no help for it, given she was such a dumb student. Ava was well aware that she was not good at learning, she was not cut out for it by nature. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have started working so early. One game, just one game, she had to endure it somehow. Ava got spirited, picked up a white piece and placed it somewhere at random, not even knowing where she should go, just going by what looked pleasing to the eye. As expected, Poe Vaughn picked up her white piece and put it somewhere else, then placed his black piece. Ava didn’t bother to ask why he put it there, continuing to play randomly with white pieces, Poe Vaughn kept correcting her, and , time passed by again. Ava grew impatient: "When will this game end?" "Poe Vaughn, just let me lose, I don’t mind losing at all, really, I don’t care if you win." Really, truly, she’d either go insane or mad being tormented by this chess. What’s losing worth? She’d even call him ’dad’ right now if that would end it! The chess game was still in full swing, not yet over, Poe Vaughn looked at the board, put the black piece he was holding into the piece jar. Seeing this, Ava was excited. Was it really over this time? She looked at this person with hopeful eagerness and opened her mouth to ask, but just as she did, he looked up and fixedly said, "Continue tomorrow night." Ava felt suddenly like a huge thunderbolt struck her, leaving her scorched outside and tender inside. Even when she’s this dumb, doesn’t he find her tiring? Isn’t he annoyed? Ava fell back against the bedhead, seeing as if life was bleak, staring at the person getting up indifferently: "Poe Vaughn, aren’t you busy?" Yeah, for someone so successful, was it really worth wasting time on someone as useless as her? Poe Vaughn meticulously put away each piece, his fingers were slender and strong, with fair and clear skin, looking extremely pleasing to the eye, but Ava had no energy to appreciate it now, she just wanted to stay far from the pieces. Stay far from this person. "Starting tomorrow, there’s a reward if you can move a piece correctly." He calmly put the pieces into the jar, his voice still deep and magnetic, sexy and charming. Ava suddenly found life wasn’t so hopeless! "What’s the reward?" she perked up immediately and asked. Poe Vaughn separated the black and white pieces into jars, her excited words reached his ears, but his actions didn’t pause a bit: "I’ll bring it tomorrow." Ava’s eyes lit up, obviously brightening a hundredfold. He wasn’t bluffing, he was being serious, Ava suddenly felt full of strength, chin slightly raised: "Alright!" "So if I can move one piece correctly, I get a reward, right?" "Great! It’s settled then!" Moving one piece correctly — she didn’t believe she couldn’t achieve it, somehow, even with her dumbness, she could manage such a low bar! She believed in herself! Latest content published on novel-fire.net Poe Vaughn finished packing up, placed the pieces and board in the corner. Having done all this, he took his suit jacket over his arm. Ava instantly waved at him with a cheerful smile: "See you tomorrow night~" Poe Vaughn saw her flushed cheeks again, apart from the tear-streaked eyelashes from yawning, everything else looked the same, full of spirit. He turned and left the ward. Ava leaned against the bedhead, listening to the gradually fading footsteps outside, a smile appeared on her lips. This person wasn’t that bad, he knew how to use rewards to motivate a student, really had a way. However, she’s really looking forward to what kind of reward it would be.