
{"id":26914,"date":"2026-02-04T14:15:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-393\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:15:39","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-393","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-393\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 393"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 393<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 393 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 393<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 393\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By early evening, before the sky had fully darkened, Khloe had already returned home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She had come back specifically to keep her promise: to spend time with Nick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had only been resting for a few days, and already he was restless. Khloe forbade him from going out, but that didn\u2019t stop him from handling work online. Every afternoon, their living room transformed into a makeshift conference room, filled with people reporting to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe knew this and could only turn a blind eye. Her own tasks wouldn\u2019t be finished for a few more days, and even if she stayed with Nick all day, it didn\u2019t mean he would actually relax.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She returned home to find the front door slightly ajar. Instantly alert, she held her breath and slipped inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just as she suspected-he was in a meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The living room\u2019s sofas were flanked by people on either side. Nick himself was hidden among them, his shadow obscured by the crowd. She quietly eased into the throng.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere was suffocatingly silent. Khloe couldn\u2019t tell what the meeting was about; everyone\u2019s composure made the room feel tense enough to crush the air out of her lungs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The moment she stepped in, Lenny spotted her. She raised a finger to signal him. His gaze flickered nervously, but he quickly looked back at Nick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick leaned against the corner of the sofa, flipping through project documents with one hand while the other rested lightly on his thigh, palm pressing down on his phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was rare to see Nick in such a domestic state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In pajamas and glasses, his hair unkempt and messy, he had none of the usual lofty elegance he carried. Yet, despite this casual appearance, he remained utterly untouchable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When he worked, Nick was efficient to the point of being mechanical-professional, detached, emotionless. No matter how dire the situation or difficult the problem, no flicker of feeling passed through his eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And his presence alone could drive people to madness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Time dragged on. Khloe\u2019s patience began to fray until she saw him put down the papers. He pinched his phone, seemingly focused on something.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSir\u2026 are we dismissing the meeting?\u201d Lenny couldn\u2019t help but ask.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho will take responsibility for what\u2019s been done?\u201d Nick\u2019s voice was low, unraised, his eyes still fixed on the\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe hadn\u2019t replied to his messages for over an hour. He had asked what time she would be back tonight, and she had only said she\u2019d try to come early.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The people around them inhaled sharply.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u2019s tone betrayed no emotion. In normal meetings, he rarely let his focus wander to his phone. Could he be messaging HR to fire them all?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 393\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their latest project had hit a snag. It wasn\u2019t hopeless, but was he giving them zero chance?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When reviewing failures, Nick rarely showed any reaction. Once, a department had lost over ten million due to mismanagement. Within three months, Nick had cleared out the entire department along with several senior executives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Such drastic reform was ruthless and costly, a stark testament to his decisiveness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No one dared answer him directly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lenny nudged Nick lightly, but the man ignored him. When he tried again, Nick shot him a sudden glance that made his body jerk involuntarily.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh? You want to take responsibility?\u201d Nick\u2019s voice was icy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cN-no\u2026\u201d Lenny stammered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s patience snapped. She cleared her throat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hearing her familiar voice, Nick\u2019s eyes flickered. The thin layer of frost over his gaze melted instantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He sprang to his feet-but the sudden movement put strain on his injured back. Nick furrowed his brow just as Lenny reacted, steadying him with a supportive hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 393 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 393 \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-26914","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\/26914","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=26914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}