
{"id":26598,"date":"2026-02-04T13:57:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-81\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:57:30","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-81\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 81<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 81 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 81<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 81\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u2019s eyes sharpened, a sudden clarity dawning upon him. Without hesitation, he dialed Khloe\u2019s number.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello?\u2026 Mr. Hunt?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At that moment, Khloe was sitting at the table with Grandpa and Grandma Orsen, eating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hearing the name, the two elders instantly froze, holding their breath, careful not to betray anything. Khloe didn\u2019t notice, merely nodding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes\u2026 it\u2019s\u2026 how did you know?\u201d she asked, her voice steady.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick wasted no time. He asked whether the two elders had visited her today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know where they are right now?\u201d his voice cut through the line again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe glanced at the two elders. They were suddenly sitting straighter, shaking their heads frantically at her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2026 we\u2019ve\u2026 parted ways,\u201d she said, hesitation threading her voice-a small, guilty lie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick didn\u2019t press further; he hung up. But even through that brief call, Khloe\u2019s mind began piecing things together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2026 could it be\u2026 Nick\u2019s your grandson?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her gaze flicked to the elders, especially Grandpa Orsen. The resemblance was unmistakable-facial structure, brows, eyes-all echoing Nick\u2019s features.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the surname, Orsen\u2026 was different from Nick\u2019s surname. Had they lied about their surname?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But if they were Nick\u2019s grandparents, everything the two elders had done today suddenly made sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiss Roswell\u2026 truthfully, we are\u2026 Nick\u2019s grandparents,\u201d the elderly lady said, a flush of embarrassment coloring her words. She could no longer hide it and decided to tell Khloe everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They had come this time to arrange Khloe\u2019s engagement with Nick. The venue was already booked-the Seven Stars Hotel in Goldmont City, scheduled for eight o\u2019clock the next evening. Though the event would be intimate, the proper formalities and grandeur would all be observed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Hunt family would all attend, and by now, the Morrison family would have received the congratulatory notice. They had meticulously planned everything in secret, guarding against leaks, all for Nick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur dear grandson\u2026 he\u2019s perfect in every way, but he\u2019s slow when it comes to these matters\u2026 he almost got engaged once before, but\u2026\u201d Nick\u2019s grandmother\u2019s voice faltered slightly, the memory bitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So close to a wedding, Nick had backed out at the last moment, and ever since, hadn\u2019t entertained the thought of marriage. She trailed off, not wanting to dwell on the past in front of Khloe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyway, with us here this time, you won\u2019t be slighted. Don\u2019t worry, Nick is filial. If he can\u2019t find us tomorrow, he\u2019ll come.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once the engagement was set, the rest of the process would flow quickly. In elite circles, the sequence was engagement first, then registration, and finally a grand wedding. Nick\u2019s grandparents would make it as spectacular as possible-the entire business world would notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u2019s grandmother\u2019s words landed like a clap of thunder. Khloe\u2019s mind went blank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 81\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe engagement\u2026 Nick\u2019s engagement is\u2026 to me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The question escaped before she could stop it. She knew Nick was her fianc\u00e9 in name, but now, suddenly, the formal engagement was being arranged-and the groom himself was completely in the dark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The absurdity, the suddenness, overwhelmed her. She had never imagined being pushed into this step-by-step without warning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As Khloe stood there, struggling to gather her thoughts, the doorbell rang.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her heart skipped. She tensed, fearing it was Nick arriving in person.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Drawing a deep breath, she moved to open the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 81 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 81 \u2013 Love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-billionaires-checkmate-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}