
{"id":26741,"date":"2026-02-04T14:07:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-220-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:07:42","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-220-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-220-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 220"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 220<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 220 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 220<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 220\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Khloe took part in raising Pete, the boy had remained fiercely rebellious. At first, Khloe had tried to reason with him patiently, but Pete was unruly and never truly accepted discipline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once, when Trey saw Khloe impose strict punishment on Pete, he had stepped in to defend the child, telling her he was still young\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, it seemed Khloe had been right all along.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A child\u2019s temperament mirrored the adults around him. Pete was stubborn like himself and, like Angela, inclined to ignore rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How many times had he said that the toy gun was not to be played with when others were around? Yet every time, Pete did the same thing again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey took Pete\u2019s small hand and spoke sternly. \u201cHas Daddy ever told you that you\u2019re not allowed to play with toy guns in the room? That you can\u2019t point them at people?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes\u2026\u201d Pete answered in a small voice. Sensing the chill in Trey\u2019s demeanor, he immediately tried to pull away and escape.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Trey held him fast. \u201cSince you know better but refuse to change, should you be punished?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pete\u2019s eyes darted around before he quickly turned to Angela, panicked, silently pleading for help.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela stepped forward at once. \u201cAll right, all right. Just promise Daddy you won\u2019t do it again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her tone was casual as she spoke, already reaching to take Pete away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s because you always indulge him like this that he dares to be so willful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey gave Angela no chance to intervene. As soon as he finished speaking, he firmly grabbed Pete\u2019s arm and slapped his palm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pete had never been treated so harshly by Trey before. Terrified-and with Trey\u2019s strength behind the blow-he burst into tears immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you hitting Pete?!\u201d Seeing her son cry, Angela\u2019s heart ached. She rushed forward, trying to snatch him away from Trey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Trey grew angrier. He scooped Pete up horizontally, strode to the sofa, pressed him down, and smacked his backside hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMommy! Mommy! Help! Help!!!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pete wailed, crying his lungs out as he screamed for Angela.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela panicked and wrapped her arms around Trey from behind, using all her strength to stop him. \u201cTrey! What\u2019s gotten into you today? Don\u2019t take your anger out on Pete! Is something this small really worth beating him to death?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only after several blows did Trey\u2019s anger finally subside. He let go, and Angela immediately rushed to cradle Pete in her arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 220\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPete, don\u2019t cry, don\u2019t cry. Mommy\u2019s here. It\u2019s all right\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watching the way Angela indulged Pete left Trey speechless.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His mother was right. With Angela like this, how could she ever raise a child properly?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If anything, Pete might actually have a future only if he stayed by Khloe\u2019s side.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Irritated, Trey tugged off his bow tie and went straight to take a shower.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fury still burned inside him. He turned the water to ice-cold and stayed under it until he began to shiver, then hurried out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Trey emerged from the bathroom, Angela was sitting on the sofa waiting for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After comforting Pete for a while, she had already handed him over to the servants and sent him back to his room to sleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Angela\u2019s anger had not dissipated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey didn\u2019t want to talk to her. He changed his clothes and was about to leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not staying tonight?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela hadn\u2019t expected him to leave so directly. She stood up and grabbed him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey replied coldly, \u201cI have a meeting early tomorrow. It\u2019s better if I go back and rest.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been so cold to me for days now. If you\u2019re still angry, then let\u2019s talk it through. Don\u2019t give me the silent treatment, and don\u2019t use Pete as an excuse!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her words sparked Trey\u2019s anger again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you mean, using Pete as an excuse?\u201d Trey shot her a frosty look. \u201cPete has been raised by you with no sense of rules at all. You\u2019ve made Mom so angry she\u2019s fallen ill, and the atmosphere at home is a complete mess. Am I the one making excuses, or are you the one who\u2019s in the wrong?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 220 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 220 \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-26741","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\/26741","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=26741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}