
{"id":26705,"date":"2026-02-04T14:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-188\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:01:03","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-188","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-188\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 188"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 188<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 188 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 188<\/h1>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 188\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe was wide awake, even more alert than a rooster at dawn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What did Nick mean by this?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sleeping together tonight\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s mind raced. She had never crossed that line with Trey in all their years together. Could today\u2026 be her first time? 1\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The thought made her bury herself under the covers, hiding her flushed face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Nick emerged from the shower, wearing nothing but a towel, he saw her curled up in the corner of the bed, wrapped in blankets like a defenseless little lamb. A smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He reached out and gently tugged at the edge of the blanket. Khloe didn\u2019t react, so he pulled a little harder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The blanket slid away easily, and instinctively, Khloe\u2019s hands shot out, wrapping around his damp, sculpted body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou missed me that much just after a few minutes?\u201d Nick chuckled lowly, leaning over her. Droplets of water from his hair fell onto her flushed cheeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s eyes swept over his toned muscles and the faint rise and fall of his chest with each breath. Her hands remained tightly pressed against his waist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNick\u2026 why aren\u2019t you wearing any clothes\u2026\u201d she whispered, turning her face away, though her hands still lingered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026If you\u2019re holding me this tightly, it\u2019s not exactly convenient for me to get dressed either,\u201d he replied, his already deep voice dipping even lower, sending a thrill straight to her chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She quickly withdrew her hands, flustered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick stepped away to change into his sleepwear but soon returned to the bed, settling beside her. The weight of his body pressed gently against her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s heart raced, and just then, the lights went out, leaving only a thin stream of moonlight slipping through the curtains, softly illuminating the foot of the bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right, time to rest.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was no fiery intensity, only a tender, heated \u201cgoodnight\u201d whispered into her ear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After speaking, he stretched out, scooping her up-including the blankets-into his arms, holding her securely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be nervous,\u201d he murmured against her hair, his voice low, magnetic, and just a touch lazy. \u201cTonight, I\u2019m just going to hold you like this while we sleep.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMm\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She closed her eyes, feeling his steady heartbeat, finally allowing her nerves to ease.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Getting married was one thing, but taking that final step still left her apprehensive. Her past with Trey had left scars, a fear of intimacy she hadn\u2019t fully shaken. Even with Nick, she needed time. 1\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet he seemed to understand her completely. Without a word, he could calm her anxiety before she even voiced it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 188\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next afternoon, at the Fox residence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tea tastes off! Stella, are your servants incompetent? Can\u2019t they do even a simple task right? Or are you deliberately sabotaging me, hoping I\u2019ll leave sooner?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom, how could I ever wish that? I\u2019ll have the servants brew a fresh pot immediately!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After her afternoon nap, Lauren enjoyed tea, and Stella had already instructed the servants to prepare it. Yet, even with careful preparation, Lauren\u2019s standards were impossibly high.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only the finest tea leaves would do, brewed at just the right temperature. A single misstep, and the elderly lady would grumble.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And it wasn\u2019t just the tea-every meal, every nap, even her daily routine these past few days had been a potential complaint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stella was bewildered. How had she never realized Lauren was so difficult to please?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf only Khloe were here\u2026 she\u2019s the most meticulous and thoughtful girl,\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As she instructed the servants to rebrew the tea, the elderly lady murmured to herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 188 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 188 \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-26705","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\/26705","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=26705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}