
{"id":26657,"date":"2026-02-04T13:59:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-140\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:59:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:59:26","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-140","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-140\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 140"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 140<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 140 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 140<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 140\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe said, \u201cPete wants Angela to be his mom. If that\u2019s the case, I can\u2019t force it. You see, it\u2019s either you marry Angela, or sever the adoption relationship with Pete and let him go completely to her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s voice was calm but sharp, cutting straight to the core of Trey\u2019s guilt. Her gaze on him was cold and precise, like a thin blade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey felt a pang of unease and hurriedly retorted, \u201cWhat are you saying? How could I marry someone else when my wife is you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He then sized up the situation, pulling the still-throwing-a-tantrum Pete off the floor. Wincing, he smacked the boy hard on the bottom a few times. 1\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop crying!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pete\u2019s sobs faltered under Trey\u2019s stern presence, leaving him pouting and full of grievance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling you, Khloe is your real mom! Haven\u2019t you learned your lesson? Angela was only with you for a few days. Are you already bored of living well and trying to leave our family to go back to the orphanage?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey bit his teeth as he spoke the last line. Pete was still his son, after all. Seeing Pete\u2019s tear-streaked, pitiful face\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>choked him with emotion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A faint, cold smile curved Khloe\u2019s lips. She had no interest in watching this father-son drama. Thinking of her upcoming visit with Lauren, she decided to take advantage of Trey scolding Pete and quietly slipped away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the hospital corridor, Alicia and Stella were talking when they noticed Khloe. Both froze for a moment, then exchanged a knowing glance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, well, what a rare guest. Khloe, I thought you didn\u2019t want to see us anymore,\u201d Alicia said with a seemingly warm smile, though her voice dripped with sarcasm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stella glanced at Khloe from head to toe, her gaze cold. Khloe looked even more polished than before-dressed in a full designer outfit, exuding the elegance of a high-born lady.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So while the company had been in chaos these days, Khloe had been living comfortably-even using the Fox family\u2019s money for that. Quite shameless.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell me about it,\u201d Stella sneered. \u201cThese days, even if a daughter-in-law freeloads or can\u2019t have children, we in- laws have to endure her attitude, afraid of offending her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s eyes narrowed slightly. She glanced at the gifts she had bought for Lauren-plain, modest, nothing extravagant. Stella\u2019s words landed on her like a provocation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018In-laws,\u2019 you say? You mean the meddling mother-in-law who makes life miserable for her daughter-in-law, or the petty younger sister-in-law who treats me like a servant? If that\u2019s what you mean by in-laws, then I suppose anyone would feel unlucky meeting you-let alone me. Why should I even see you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s cool laugh cut through the corridor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alicia\u2019s face instantly darkened. She had assumed Khloe wouldn\u2019t dare be audacious right outside Lauren\u2019s ward and thought her previous remark was just a mild jab-but Khloe wasn\u2019t playing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before Stella could speak, Khloe strode toward her, radiating an inexplicably powerful presence that forced Stella to take a half-step back, her eyes darting nervously.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 140\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd what\u2019s this about freeloading or infertility? Are you talking about me?\u201d Khloe asked sharply.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhloe, don\u2019t forget-you were an orphan marrying into this family, and your\u2026 condition\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, ninety percent of the Fox family\u2019s business performance over the past two years was achieved by me alone. And I haven\u2019t taken a single penny, neither from the company nor the Fox family, so freeloading isn\u2019t even relevant,\u201d Khloe interrupted coldly, her lips curling in a derisive smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for infertility\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>11\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 140 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 140 \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-26657","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\/26657","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=26657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}