
{"id":26894,"date":"2026-02-04T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-373\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:15:00","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-373","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-373\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 373"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 373<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 373 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 373<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 373\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all in the past.\u201d Khloe didn\u2019t want to say more, tossing the words out coldly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seeing her expression, Winnie wisely stayed silent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way\u2026 Nick is here. He just saw you both a moment ago. I wonder if\u2014\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe tensed instantly at Winnie\u2019s words. \u201cWhat did you say? Nick is here?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. You didn\u2019t take your phone with you to the restroom, so I picked up his call\u2026 He\u2019s here to pick you up. I\u2019m leaving now!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Winnie relayed the situation honestly, but Khloe didn\u2019t wait for her to finish. She bolted for the exit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick had just seen Trey entangle her-he wouldn\u2019t be upset, would he?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her phone was with Nick, and she didn\u2019t see him at the entrance, so she sprinted toward the parking area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, in the dimly lit lot, he was already standing by her car.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u2019s tall frame cast a straight, dark shadow in the night. Even from the gloom, there was a faint loneliness, a trace of isolation in his presence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNick.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seeing him, Khloe finally exhaled a little. She called his name softly and ran faster toward him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick wore a thick, oversized wool coat. Though he had lost a bit of weight in the past few days, his posture remained upright and imposing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u2019s gaze softened the lingering sharpness in his eyes when he saw her. He reached out, and she, like a small kitten, leaned lightly into his embrace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy\u2019d you run?\u201d Nick\u2019s palm brushed her back gently. \u201cI\u2019m not going anywhere.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did you get here? Just now\u2026\u201d Khloe looped her arms around his waist, immediately asking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot long. I happened to see Trey bothering you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick cut her off. His voice was calm, almost neutral, betraying no obvious emotion. Yet, the more composed he sounded, the more unsettling it felt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe had assumed that seeing Trey would make him act immediately, perhaps even confronting Trey on the spot. She hadn\u2019t expected him to remain so collected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In truth, Nick wasn\u2019t calm at all. When he saw Trey struggling with her, a rush of terrifying thoughts had surged through his mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was precisely because of those thoughts that he chose to restrain himself. He wanted to walk forward with Khloe properly-never again losing control like before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, before Khloe arrived at the car park, Nick had made a quick call.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 373\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, there was no way Trey would walk out unscathed. Not him, not his friends. Not a single one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNick, don\u2019t misunderstand. It was purely a coincidence that I ran into him today!\u201d Khloe felt it necessary to clarify.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u2019s voice was gentle, calm in tone-but that didn\u2019t mean he was comfortable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMhm.\u201d He nodded without saying more. He brushed a strand of hair from her face, tousled by the wind. \u201cDid he touch you anywhere?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe froze. \u201cHe\u2026 didn\u2019t touch me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The conflict had happened so fast that she barely reacted before he was pulled away. If anything, he might have brushed against her briefly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2026 or here\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>11\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u2019s hand traced from her face down to her waist, gripping firmly enough to leave a slight sting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe let out a soft hum, puzzled, and finally saw the unmistakable anger hidden in his furrowed brows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you mad at me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He leaned closer, his breath hot against her skin, his tone low and measured as he corrected her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m mad, but not at you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>11\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 373 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 373 \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-26894","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\/26894","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=26894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}