
{"id":26712,"date":"2026-02-04T14:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-195\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:01:17","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-195","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-195\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 195"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 195<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 195 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 195<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 195\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>hapter 195\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>he matter of Khloe and Nick\u2019s union-Oscar should have known long ago. And yet, he hadn\u2019t said a single word\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>y all rights, an illegitimate daughter inheriting all of Niel\u2019s legacy should have prompted Oscar, as the elder other, to consider the needs of Niel\u2019s wife and adopted son.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>et Oscar turned and walked so closely with Khloe, even supporting her with his son in public. It was clear: he asn\u2019t giving Clarice any face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oscar, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve done anything to offend you,\u201d Clarice said, her voice calm but sharp. \u201cIs it just because m not a Morrison, while Ethan isn\u2019t blood of your Morrison family either?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>he raised an eyebrow and held his gentle gaze, no longer beating around the bush.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You\u2026 you\u2019re speaking in a way I don\u2019t understand,\u201d Oscar said quickly, lowering his glass. \u201cIf this is about hloe\u2019s marriage, I was only following my dad\u2019s wishes. I never meant to go against you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>e had avoided Clarice for some time, wary of her sharp mind and long memory. She held grudges, and he could\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ot afford her ire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You know I could never give up the Morrison Group,\u201d Clarice said. \u201cNiel and I endured countless hardships gether. All I\u2019ve done for the company-he might forget, but everyone else remembers. To simply hand it ove 1 illegitimate daughter\u2026 do you think that\u2019s fair to me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>arice\u2019s eyes glistened with emotion. Her voice wavered in the last sentences, and she looked down to wipe at th ars threatening to fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>scar hated this-the power of a woman\u2019s tears.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve long since stopped interfering with the company. I can\u2019t control it. But believe me, I would never target you. hloe is related to me by blood, that\u2019s true, but you\u2019re just as much my family as she is.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>arice lowered her head, her voice soft. \u201cThen why\u2026 why didn\u2019t you tell me about the marriage?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>scar hesitated for only a moment before answering. \u201cDad asked me not to speak of it. I didn\u2019t know Khloe well ther. The marriage\u2026 it wasn\u2019t something to be revealed lightly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>arice remained silent. She was testing him. He had been closest to her father-in-law, and after Niel\u2019s illness left m infertile, she had no children of her own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>he late patriarch had been wary of her from the start. Now Khloe had returned while he was abroad. Clarice felt\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>neasy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>it were just Khloe, that might have been manageable. But if both the patriarch and Oscar favored the girl\u2026 she ould have no way forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oscar\u2026 you\u2019re the one I trust most in this family. After Niel left, my only anchor is the Morrison Group. If Dad uly can\u2019t accept me here, just tell me\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>er voice broke mid-sentence, and tears rolled down. Oscar had no choice but to reach out, offering comfort.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I promise,\u201d he said repeatedly. \u201cDad isn\u2019t against you. Before Niel passed, he asked me to take care of you. As ng as you don\u2019t want to leave the Morrison Group, no one will ever be able to force you out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>larice lifted her head, eyes red but relieved. \u201cIf, in the future, you would have to pick between Khloe and I in the\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 195\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 195\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The matter of Khloe and Nick\u2019s union-Oscar should have known long ago. And yet, he hadn\u2019t said a single word\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By all rights, an illegitimate daughter inheriting all of Niel\u2019s legacy should have prompted Oscar, as the elder brother, to consider the needs of Niel\u2019s wife and adopted son.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet Oscar turned and walked so closely with Khloe, even supporting her with his son in public. It was clear: he wasn\u2019t giving Clarice any face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOscar, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve done anything to offend you,\u201d Clarice said, her voice calm but sharp. \u201cIs it just because I\u2019m not a Morrison, while Ethan isn\u2019t blood of your Morrison family either?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She raised an eyebrow and held his gentle gaze, no longer beating around the bush.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2026 you\u2019re speaking in a way I don\u2019t understand,\u201d Oscar said quickly, lowering his glass. \u201cIf this is about Khloe\u2019s marriage, I was only following my dad\u2019s wishes. I never meant to go against you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had avoided Clarice for some time, wary of her sharp mind and long memory. She held grudges, and he could not afford her ire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know I could never give up the Morrison Group,\u201d Clarice said. \u201cNiel and I endured countless hardships together. All I\u2019ve done for the company-he might forget, but everyone else remembers. To simply hand it over to an illegitimate daughter\u2026 do you think that\u2019s fair to me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clarice\u2019s eyes glistened with emotion. Her voice wavered in the last sentences, and she looked down to wipe at the tears threatening to fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oscar hated this-the power of a woman\u2019s tears.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve long since stopped interfering with the company. I can\u2019t control it. But believe me, I would never target you. Khloe is related to me by blood, that\u2019s true, but you\u2019re just as much my family as she is.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clarice lowered her head, her voice soft. \u201cThen why\u2026 why didn\u2019t you tell me about the marriage?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oscar hesitated for only a moment before answering. \u201cDad asked me not to speak of it. I didn\u2019t know Khloe well either. The marriage\u2026 it wasn\u2019t something to be revealed lightly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clarice remained silent. She was testing him. He had been closest to her father-in-law, and after Niel\u2019s illness left him infertile, she had no children of her own.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The late patriarch had been wary of her from the start. Now Khloe had returned while he was abroad. Clarice felt\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>uneasy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If it were just Khloe, that might have been manageable.. But if both the patriarch and Oscar favored the girl\u2026 she would have no way forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOscar\u2026 you\u2019re the one I trust most in this family. After Niel left, my only anchor is the Morrison Group. If Dad truly can\u2019t accept me here, just tell me\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her voice broke mid-sentence, and tears rolled down. Oscar had no choice but to reach out, offering comfort.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI promise,\u201d he said repeatedly. \u201cDad isn\u2019t against you. Before Niel passed, he asked me to take care of you. As long as you don\u2019t want to leave the Morrison Group, no one will ever be able to force you out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clarice lifted her head, eyes red but relieved. \u201cIf, in the future, you would have to pick between Khloe and I in the\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 195\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>company\u2026 you would support me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He exhaled slowly. \u201cI\u2026 I can\u2019t say for certain. But if that day comes, I won\u2019t favor Khloe. I will judge only by the company\u2019s needs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s all I need to hear,\u201d she said, finally satisfied. Her tears stilled, and she began chatting with him as if nothing had happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In mere minutes, the distance Khloe had created between them seemed to dissolve completely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the other side, Michael was busy attending to guests when his gaze met Winnie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>COIN BUNDLE: get more free bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>D\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 195 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 195 \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-26712","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\/26712","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=26712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}