
{"id":26896,"date":"2026-02-04T14:15:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-375\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:15:04","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-375","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-375\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 375"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 375<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 375 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 375<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 375\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 375\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A flicker of surprise crossed Nick\u2019s eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s words were like a small stone dropped into still water, stirring countless hidden currents beneath the surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you think that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He paused for a moment before speaking, his voice low and tinged with unease, eyebrows slightly furrowed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould it be\u2026 those rumors from before? You actually took them to heart\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Khloe quickly shook her head, looking away. \u201cIt was last night\u2026 You were talking in your sleep.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did I say?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u2019s chest tightened. His face darkened instantly, and his hand clenched, scraping at his own skin with force.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2026 you said Michelle\u2019s name.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s eyes fell on his hands. Under the dim light, the tense veins on his knuckles stood out, and small, patchy red scratches marked his skin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to your hand?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She grabbed it immediately. Only then did she see that he had dug into his own skin with his nails. Three narrow scratches lined the side of his hand-barely bleeding, but painful to look at.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nothing,\u201d Nick said, quickly withdrawing his hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While waiting for Khloe earlier, he had unconsciously forced himself to stay calm through pain. He could never admit that to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the evasive look in his eyes, Khloe felt her chest tighten. He was clearly hiding something, and she couldn\u2019t help feeling a twinge of frustration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet in reality, Nick had done more than enough. He had drawn clear boundaries with Michelle, even issuing a public statement to reassure her. And\u2026 Michelle was ultimately his past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A man like Nick-loyal, responsible-might have lingering thoughts now and then. That was normal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe understood the reasoning, but her emotions still reacted instinctively.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He remained silent for a moment, prompting her to continue, softening her tone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just sleep talk. I\u2019m not upset. If you don\u2019t want to answer, it\u2019s fine\u2026 I\u2019m almost over it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t want to make things harder for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve misunderstood me,\u201d Nick interrupted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He took her hand and drew her closer, the other hand brushing through her hair, lifting her gaze to meet his. His\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>dark eyes were like a boundless midnight sky, calm yet hiding uncharted turbulence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 375\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t even know if I actually said anything in my sleep. But if I did\u2026 it was just a nightmare.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhloe, there\u2019s only ever been room for one person in my heart. There\u2019s no such thing as \u2018can\u2019t let go.\u2019 If even a trace of someone else lingered in me, I would never have chosen marriage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Every word from him carried weight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To Khloe, it was like the clouds parting to reveal the moonlight. Perhaps women in love always felt this way-no matter how clear their own thoughts were, they needed to hear it spoken aloud to truly feel secure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A small smile tugged at Khloe\u2019s lips. \u201cHas it been like that\u2026 from the very beginning?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the moment I met you,\u201d he said. \u201cBefore you, I never felt any romantic feelings for her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd\u2026\u201d He paused for a breath. \u201cMy connection with Michelle was born of gratitude and friendship. But from the moment I first saw you, my heart was moved.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick hesitated, unsure if he should speak, knowing it might sound like overcompensation. Yet, it was the truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had once thought of a future with Michelle, but with her, his emotions had been steady and controlled- without the sparks of passion or desire. He had relied on her warmth, yes, and felt lost when it seemed distant, but it was nothing like what he felt now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 375 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 375 \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-26896","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\/26896","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=26896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}