
{"id":26852,"date":"2026-02-04T14:13:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-331\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:13:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:13:39","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-331","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-331\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 331"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 331<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 331 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 331<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 331\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat day\u2026 the person I bumped into\u2026 was you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe could hardly believe it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d Nick said, a faint smile tugging at his lips, his eyes reflecting the tremor in hers. \u201cI recognized you the moment I saw you. You usually seem so composed\u2026 how could you walk so carelessly? You hit my chest so hard I nearly winced.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though the words sounded like a gentle rebuke, there was a teasing lilt to them. The emphasis on chest was soft, but it sent a shiver down Khloe\u2019s spine as she recalled it, a tingling warmth spreading through her body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was raining\u2026 and the light was poor\u2026\u201d Khloe reached out, lightly touching his chest. \u201cDoes it still hurt? I can rub it for you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick laughed, a clear, ringing sound that made her heart flutter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, not at all,\u201d he said, gripping her wandering hand. \u201cThat day, I didn\u2019t leave immediately. I stayed near the car and watched you for a while.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2026 watched me secretly?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter bumping into you twice in a row, there\u2019s only one woman who leaves an impression like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That day, Nick hadn\u2019t left. Seeing Khloe taking shelter from the rain, he had told someone to buy her an umbrella. But before it could be delivered, she had dashed back into the downpour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She had noticed an old man scavenging across the street in the rain, his belongings scattered everywhere. Khloe had rushed to help him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halfway through picking up the items, a few well-dressed men approached, umbrellas in hand, and helped out, even giving them each an umbrella. Khloe had found their sudden appearance a little odd at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh\u2026 they were your people?\u201d she realized, suddenly understanding why they hadn\u2019t accepted her payment for the umbrellas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick didn\u2019t confirm or deny. \u201cIt seems your attention was fully on the task at hand.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndeed\u2026\u201d Khloe reflected, feeling a flush of embarrassment at her own obliviousness. Then, with curiosity bright in her eyes, she asked, \u201cAnd the third time?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last time was when you went to buy a house.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After seeing the news of Niel\u2019s death, Nick had learned about his illegitimate daughter inheriting his estate. Niel and Nick had little interaction, but he could tell Niel had always longed for children. Only near the end of his life did he discover he had a daughter, so he left his inheritance entirely to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick had only intended to see if he could repay a favor to Niel\u2019s family, never expecting that the daughter of his benefactor would turn out to be Khloe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three encounters with a stranger were already fate enough, but on top of that, they shared this hidden\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>connection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 131\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even for Nick, someone who didn\u2019t believe in destiny, gods, or fate, he couldn\u2019t help but feel the pull of inevitability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it was all just coincidence?\u201d Khloe asked softly, marveling at the strange twists of fate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was coincidence, yes\u2026 but also gratitude,\u201d Nick said. \u201cAnd the decision for our marriage\u2026 it\u2019s because of you, and only you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When he had first considered the arranged marriage, he had rationalized it as careful calculation-Niel\u2019s connection, business considerations, the pressure from his grandparents. But now, in retrospect\u2026 it was simply because he liked Khloe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After their shower, Nick had Lenny bring Khloe one of his own shirts to wear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She hadn\u2019t brought extra clothes, and being in the mountain village, shopping wasn\u2019t convenient. A trip to buy something suitable would take at least an hour or more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u2019s shirt was large on her, draping loosely, its empty expanse inviting exploration. As Nick watched her slip it on, he felt a heat ignite low in his abdomen, a dangerous, immediate fire he could barely contain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>COIN BUNDLE: get more free bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u65e5\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 331 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 331 \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-26852","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\/26852","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=26852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}