
{"id":26734,"date":"2026-02-04T14:04:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-217\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:04:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:04:59","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-217","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-217\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 217"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 217<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 217 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 217<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 217\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stella showed Angela absolutely no mercy, delivering a brutal slap in front of Pete.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela\u2019s face instantly flamed red, five finger marks seared across half her cheek, swelling up in a moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seeing his mother hit, Pete struggled and shouted toward Stella, \u201cBad woman! How dare you hit Mommy!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImpudent child! Lock him in his room and let him think about his manners! Like mother, like son-your mother\u2019s no good, so she raised you without any discipline!\u201d Stella yelled furiously, completely ignoring Angela\u2019s expression.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The maid, accustomed to following orders, quickly covered Pete\u2019s mouth and tried to drag him away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho dares touch my son!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela\u2019s sharp, commanding voice cut through the commotion. She glared at the maid and barked, \u201cI am also a lady of this house. If you bully Pete, believe me, I\u2019ll have you handed your wages and out the door this instant!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her piercing tone was terrifying, and the maid\u2019s eyes immediately darted nervously to Stella for guidance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeh.\u201d Stella let out a humorless laugh. \u201cAngela, you\u2019re no lady of our family. Take the boy away.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I\u2019ll call Trey and Dad right now!\u201d Angela retorted, her words freezing Stella in place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arthur had repeatedly warned her to yield a little to Angela at home and to keep Trey and Angela\u2019s relationship private. But Angela had now completely overstepped, leaving Stella fuming. How could she swallow this insult?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s going on now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At that moment, Lauren appeared, supported slowly by two servants, approaching Pete\u2019s side.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pete glared at Stella, his large eyes reddened, body trembling with fury, sniffling as if on the verge of tears.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPete, you must be polite to your elders. Greet Grandma and Great-Grandma when you see us. Don\u2019t be so willful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lauren\u2019s voice was gentle, guiding the servants to release Pete.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he immediately ducked behind Angela, refusing to respond or show any acknowledgment of the matriarch\u2019s instructions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seeing Lauren arrive, Angela\u2019s expression softened slightly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandma, it seems we\u2019ve disturbed you. Actually, there\u2019s nothing serious today, but Mom always seems dissatisfied with me. If this continues, it\u2019ll be hard for me to stay at home.\u201d Her eyes flickered with a cold light as she deliberately tilted her face to show the slap marks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lauren remained calm, simply turning her gaze to Stella. She didn\u2019t even need to ask to know they had argued over some trivial matter again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since Angela moved in, the two women had already clashed multiple times in a single day. Because Arthur had ordered restraint, Stella had no choice but to appeal to Lauren for support.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 217\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lauren, aligned with Arthur, wouldn\u2019t side with Stella, and she had anticipated these conflicts from the start.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom! Today\u2019s mess is all because some people are so ungrateful. I\u2019ve tolerated enough. Now she doesn\u2019t like me, and I\u2019m supposed to move out?\u201d Stella drew in a forced breath, her head feeling light with anger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even when Khloe displeased her, Khloe had never dared to directly defy her or oppose her! Every daughter-in- law had suffered grievances before, but this Angela-she even involved the child!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut hitting her is your fault,\u201d Lauren said, sighing helplessly, her gaze shifting slightly-neither on Angela nor meeting Stella\u2019s pleading eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>22\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 217 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 217 \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-26734","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\/26734","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=26734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}