
{"id":26711,"date":"2026-02-04T14:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-194\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:01:14","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-194","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-194\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 194"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 194<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 194 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 194<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 194\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stella\u2019s thoughts drifted, as they always did, to Khloe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No matter how irritating Khloe could be, she was still far better than that scheming, shameless woman, Angela.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if Khloe didn\u2019t leave, nothing would\u2019ve changed. Trey and Angela are already married.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lauren leaned back against the headboard, having just swallowed a calming pill, taking a few slow, deep breaths.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She couldn\u2019t make sense of it. Holding her late husband\u2019s will in her hands was like gripping a knife at her own chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Fox family\u2019s vast fortune-decades of toil, sweat, and heart-could it really be squandered in Trey\u2019s hands?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen do we just\u2026 accept Angela?\u201d Stella\u2019s voice carried her disbelief.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has a child now. If she behaves, helps Trey\u2026 what choice do we have? My worry isn\u2019t even that part. It\u2019s the aftermath\u2026 Khloe can\u2019t hide forever. How can she divorce if there\u2019s no marriage to prove it? And if she doesn\u2019t, how will Angela handle it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lauren\u2019s eyes dimmed slightly. She was half-buried in age, already feeling removed from the unfolding world. As long as the Fox lineage continued, who Trey\u2019s wife was mattered little.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhloe can\u2019t stir up any trouble. Worst-case scenario\u2026\u201d Stella\u2019s voice dropped, hesitant. \u201cIf she can\u2019t divorce\u2026 then she\u2019s out of the way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The plan was simple. First, coax Khloe back. After the company IPO, engineer a little accident-make her vanish. Over time, Angela and Trey\u2019s relationship could be revealed naturally. Pete was already Trey\u2019s adopted son; everything else would follow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And Khloe\u2026 she would just have to consider herself unlucky.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was the simplest, most direct solution. Yet it was also the only way Lauren could reconcile it in her heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She said nothing, only cradled her steaming cup of tea and let out a long, quiet sigh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That weekend, evening had settled over the Morrison family estate. In the rear garden, servants moved busily, arranging tables for an outdoor banquet, stacking champagne towers and assorted pastries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Clarice hosted a family dinner. She had invitied the Hunt family and a few business magnates she knew well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oscar and Michael arrived early. Seeing Ethan inside, speaking with Clarice, they approached with polite greetings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clarice looked radiant, even for mid-September\u2019s lingering chill. A fur shawl was draped over her shoulders, but it seemed to accentuate her poise rather than weigh her down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After some casual banter, Clarice gave Ethan a subtle look. Michael, noticing his father\u2019s expression, quickly found an excuse to leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Left alone, Oscar smiled at Clarice. \u201cClarice, did you want to speak with me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She returned the smile, pouring champagne for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOscar, we\u2019re family. We should see each other more. Since Niel\u2019s gone, you haven\u2019t come by at all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 194\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAh, just been busy,\u201d Oscar replied, taking a small sip.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to take care of yourself. I hear you haven\u2019t visited the Morrison Group in a long time. Are you really leaving a company you\u2019ve spent over a decade managing entirely to the younger generation?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaving it isn\u2019t the problem. I just worry they\u2019ll push me out,\u201d she said lightly, a smile that barely moved her\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot at all. Khloe\u2019s still immature. The company\u2019s in better hands with you there.\u201d Oscar\u2019s words were always pleasant, comforting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet Clarice knew better. The smoother his tone, the deeper his intent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once, she had believed he stayed away from the Morrison Group and the estate because he was content, unambitious-a straightforward, earnest family man tending his own patch of land.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But ever since Niel passed, she realized she had been mistaken.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 194 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 194 \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-26711","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\/26711","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=26711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}