
{"id":26671,"date":"2026-02-04T13:59:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-154\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:59:53","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-154","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-154\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 154"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 154<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 154 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 154<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 154\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNick, do you hate me that much?\u201d Michelle cried. \u201cEverything in the past was my fault. Please don\u2019t wrong yourself just to take revenge on me\u2026 She\u2026 she\u2019s not worthy of you at all\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you not hear what I just said?\u201d Nick cut her off. He drew in a slow breath, clearly with no intention of arguing with her any further. Without hesitation, he raised his hand and began dialing a number.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michelle knew all too well that once Nick spoke, he meant it. Even at tremendous loss, he would absolutely follow through and cancel the cooperation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Keller Group was nowhere near as wealthy or powerful as the Hunt Group. This joint project had required the Keller Group to pour in resources without counting the cost.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFine. I\u2019ll leave right now,\u201d Michelle said hurriedly. \u201cI won\u2019t investigate her again, and I\u2019ll delete those photos completely-immediately!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She couldn\u2019t gamble her entire family\u2019s future just to vent her anger at Nick. At the very last moment, she had no choice but to give in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only after she finished speaking, tears streaming down her face, did Nick lower his phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He tossed out the two words in a low voice, without a trace of pity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michelle was crying uncontrollably. She covered her face tightly and rushed out of the office. Seeing her like this, even Lenny felt a twinge of sympathy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a while, he returned to the office. He had meant to ask whether Nick wanted him to handle any follow-up matters, but instead he heard the man say calmly,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom now on, without my permission, do not allow Michelle into my office. And once this project with the Keller Group is finished, pass the word along there will be no further cooperation, ever.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Everyone knew that the relationship between the Hunt and Keller families was far from ordinary. And Nick\u2019s relationship with Michelle\u2026 had once been far from ordinary as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lenny had always believed that even after getting married, Nick would never truly be ruthless toward Michelle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He hadn\u2019t expected Nick to go this far.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Was this heartlessness\u2026 or was it precisely because he cared too much that he had to cut things off so completely?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That afternoon, just after Lauren was helped back to the Fox family estate by Stella, the housekeeper came rushing over, his face pale with tension.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOld Madam, Madam\u2026 the household just received a fax-a fax!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Already irritated, Stella snapped impatiently, \u201cIt\u2019s just a fax. Is that really worth panicking over? Send it straight to the study.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not that\u2026\u201d The housekeeper glanced at Lauren, uncertain whether he should continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lauren shot him a cold look. \u201cThere are no outsiders here. Speak.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 154\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The housekeeper swallowed before going on. \u201cThe fax concerns the young master. It\u2019s a DNA paternity test report. The sender shows as garbled characters-we don\u2019t know who sent it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both Lauren and Stella\u2019s expressions changed instantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat paternity report?\u201d Stella snatched the envelope, tearing it open. \u201cHe\u2019s nothing but an adopted child!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lauren leaned heavily on her cane, staring intently at the pages about to be pulled out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When the names on the report came into view, both women froze, momentarily doubting their own eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lauren grabbed the report at once. Her breath caught, and she nearly couldn\u2019t inhale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stella hurried to help her sit down. \u201cMom! Don\u2019t get worked up. Deep breaths-deep breaths!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report slipped from the old woman\u2019s hand and fell to the floor. The housekeeper quickly bent down to pick it\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In stark black-and-white, two names were printed clearly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[Conclusion: Based on the existing materials and DNA analysis results, it is supported that Angela Thompson is the biological mother of Pete Fox.]\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lauren sat on the sofa, trying to steady herself. Stella immediately ordered someone to call the private doctor, though her own hands were trembling violently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a moment, Lauren finally came back to herself. Extreme shock flashed through her eyes, followed by uncontrollable fury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAngela\u2026 that vile woman!\u201d she roared. \u201cHow dare she-how dare she let Trey adopt her illegitimate child! What on earth is she plotting?!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 154 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 154 \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-26671","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\/26671","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=26671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}