
{"id":26674,"date":"2026-02-04T13:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-157\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:59:59","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-157","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-157\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 157"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 157<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 157 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 157<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 157\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Angela saw that it was Trey, a flicker of surprise rose in her heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their relationship had cooled noticeably these past few days. Especially after Lauren returned home, Trey barely replied to her messages anymore. All he seemed to think about, day in and day out, was Khloe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten had advised Angela that at times like this, the more urgent one felt, the more one should hold back and deliberately cool things down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just like Khloe-she\u2019d once been as obedient as a pet, following Trey\u2019s every word, yet his heart and eyes had\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>always been fixed on Angela.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But now? Khloe had walked away and left Trey in the cold, and instead, he started thinking about her again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That was human nature. What you can\u2019t get is always the most tempting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey was under immense pressure right now, exhausted both physically and mentally. Angela believed that this was precisely when she should give him more space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She thought Kirsten made sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though she was full of grievances, there was still Pete between them. As long as the child couldn\u2019t bear to leave her, Trey would come looking for her sooner or later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela adjusted her nightgown, slipped off her outer robe, leaving only the thin straps of her slip dress exposed, and then opened the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat made you think of me today?\u201d she asked. \u201cComing to see me so late-aren\u2019t you afraid your family will find out?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her words were teasing, but her voice was impossibly soft, deliberately seductive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey wasn\u2019t in the mood. He gave her a brief glance, then walked straight in and sat down, silent for a long while.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething troubling you?\u201d Angela asked tentatively. \u201cIs it the company?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She sat close beside him and immediately caught the heavy scent of cigarette smoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey rarely smoked-because she didn\u2019t like it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela frowned slightly. \u201cYou smoked?\u201d As she spoke, she instinctively reached to take off his coat, but he suddenly grabbed her wrist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAngela\u2026 you might need to go abroad for a while.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbroad?\u201d Her eyes filled with shock. \u201cWhy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They had already spent so much time hiding from others, always meeting briefly and separating again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She had gone through so much hardship just to give birth to his child, slowly closing the distance of their long- distance relationship step by step, finally making it to his side.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s only for a while,\u201d Trey said quietly. \u201cDon\u2019t worry. Once Grandma leaves and the company stabilizes, I\u2019ll find another solution.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He kept his head lowered, not daring to meet her gaze. His voice was low and light, carrying an exhaustion and helplessness he\u2019d never shown before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 157\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long is \u2018a while\u2019? And Pete is still so young-he can\u2019t be without me\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Panic crept into Angela\u2019s voice. Trey acting like this truly frightened her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s precisely because of Pete.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrey, what exactly happened? What does this have to do with Pete?\u201d Angela grew frantic. She tugged at his arm, demanding answers. Only then did Trey tell her everything that had happened that day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t want to see Angela hurt, didn\u2019t want the mother and son to be separated, and even more so didn\u2019t want Pete to be harmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But now, they were already trapped in a dead end. They couldn\u2019t move forward, and there was no way back. All they could do was grit their teeth and keep going.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d Angela cried. \u201cWhat did we ever do wrong by being together? Didn\u2019t things end up like this because of your family?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince we\u2019re already being pushed this far, why don\u2019t we just go tell them now-tell them that Pete is your child, that we\u2019re legally husband and wife!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In her agitation, Angela immediately reached for her phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey\u2019s expression changed. He grabbed her quickly and pushed her back onto the sofa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you out of your mind?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo-you\u2019re the one who\u2019s lost it!\u201d Angela shouted. \u201cTrey, for your own sake, you\u2019re even willing to abandon your son, aren\u2019t you? Do you know what they might do to Pete? He\u2019s only five\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey won\u2019t do anything to Pete,\u201d Trey said urgently. \u201cYou just need to go abroad. I\u2019ll find a way to bring Pete back\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u65e5\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 157 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 157 \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-26674","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\/26674","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=26674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}