
{"id":26680,"date":"2026-02-04T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-163\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:00:15","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-163","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-163\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 163"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 163<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 163 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 163<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 163\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s expression remained calm, and she didn\u2019t respond, simply waiting for him to continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore joining the Morrison Group, I could understand that you might have had a past in order to survive-those things weren\u2019t a big deal. But now, as the head of Morrison Group, it\u2019s different. The impact of public opinion can be severe. If the company suffers losses because of this, you might not be able to bear the responsibility.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ethan\u2019s words were exactly what Khloe expected. She tilted her head slightly to look at him, still saying nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He finally showed a hint of impatience. \u201cKhloe, my mother and I have already discussed it. We can allow you to retain a mid-level position in the Morrison Group, but you will have to return over seventy percent of the assets inherited within the company.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s lips curved into a small, amused smile. \u201cRaising the stakes, huh? Looks like Clarice has finally developed some recognition for me,\u201d she teased lightly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hearing this, Ethan\u2019s face darkened immediately. His smile froze, and he leaned back from the desk slightly, letting out a soft, dismissive snort.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhloe, I strongly advise you to consider this carefully. Do you really think running the Morrison Group is as simple as you imagine? Let me be blunt: Grandpa will return to the country in a month. The only reason he hasn\u2019t approved you running the company alone is that he doesn\u2019t trust a young woman in charge. If he doesn\u2019t approve, no one in the family will.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, if anything goes wrong in the company, you\u2019ll be the one to take the blame. You\u2019re already the target of criticism. Even these minor online rumors could make you the laughingstock of the business circle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling you this for your own good. Leave the Morrison Group, and you can live quietly as the Morrison heiress. We can all go our separate ways without conflict.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ethan\u2019s tone was earnest, almost as if he were confiding in her, but every word carried implicit threats and intimidation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe couldn\u2019t help but smile to herself. He really did treat her like a three-year-old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEthan, perhaps you should check the news on your phone,\u201d she said, her gaze flicking down to her own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She casually swiped through her feed. Sure enough, within just a few minutes, the trending news had completely reversed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Goldmont Television Station had deleted the article from the reporter\u2019s account and released an official statement clarifying that it was fake news. It had been fabricated by a new employee seeking attention, targeting a former classmate with whom they had a grudge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The station announced that disciplinary action, including dismissal and potential legal proceedings, had been taken, and that the employee had been handed over to the police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the legal team had swiftly sent lawyer notices to all online accounts that had spread the article.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Because the reversal was so prompt, the damage was entirely under control. Moreover, Khloe\u2019s status as a Morrison heiress had not been publicly disclosed. Very few people even knew her, and the public\u2019s focus remained solely on the malicious article itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ethan\u2019s eyes darkened slightly. He had known that public opinion alone couldn\u2019t cause much trouble, but he hadn\u2019t expected Khloe to act so quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter M3\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He glanced at the news and said evenly, \u201cThe news can be suppressed, but the traces of the past cannot. Khloe, you weren\u2019t raised as a protected Morrison heiress. How can you guarantee that there won\u2019t be rumors or worse, a real scandal-in the future?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe replied with serene confidence, \u201cOf course I can\u2019t guarantee that. But I can guarantee that I have nothing to hide. I\u2019ve never done anything shameful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She paused slightly before adding, \u201cBesides, if some fake news can shake the Morrison Group, then that only proves that we ourselves\u2026 are not capable enough.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 163 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 163 \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-26680","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\/26680","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=26680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}