
{"id":26917,"date":"2026-02-04T14:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-396\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:15:46","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-396","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-396\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 396"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 396<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 396 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 396<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 396\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 396\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe pressed a soft kiss to Nick\u2019s lips.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re so sweet. Ate a lot of sugar?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The moment she pulled away, Nick kissed her again. This time, it wasn\u2019t the deep, lingering kiss from before- just a gentle, teasing suck.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen you can taste it more.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe couldn\u2019t take it. How could he manage to look at that impossibly cold, stoic face and still reduce her to mush?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hungry,\u201d she said, pouting and blinking at him. \u201cBut I still\u2026 don\u2019t want to move.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was dark, and they hadn\u2019t even turned on the lights. Neither of them wanted to leave the other\u2019s side, nor rise from the sofa. Khloe had only removed her coat-she hadn\u2019t even changed clothes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFine, then I\u2019ll make you dinner,\u201d Nick said, starting to get up, only to have Khloe tug on his arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re the patient. You can\u2019t overexert yourself. I\u2019d feel bad if you cooked for me,\u201d she murmured playfully, nibbling his ear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Heat rose to his ears and surged through him. He quickly pressed her arm against his chest. \u201cDon\u2019t feel bad. I\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>want to.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though he said he wanted to, there was no intention of leaving. Instead, he shifted closer, as if thinking of something else entirely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe knew he was easily teased. The doctor had already warned them repeatedly: no strenuous activity. She immediately turned, grabbing her phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll just order food delivery,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was interrupted but undeterred. Wrapping her against him, he pulled her close. \u201cI want to check out the options too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you want to eat?\u201d she asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He feigned interest in the food but kept looking at her face. No matter what she pointed to on the menu, his only responses were, \u201cOkay,\u201d \u201cSounds tasty,\u201d or \u201cSounds good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This could go on forever, so Khloe made the decision herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While waiting for the delivery, they stayed cocooned together on the sofa. Nick\u2019s tall, broad frame made lying together feel even more intimate than a bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At first, Khloe had felt cramped, but gradually, the sheer safety of it overwhelmed any discomfort. It was as if he wanted to press her into him completely, every inch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A few months until winter, they thought. Maybe they should just sleep on the sofa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just then, Khloe\u2019s phone buzzed with a message. She held it in her hand, under Nick\u2019s watchful eyes, playing a\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 390\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The message preview appeared, and Nick caught sight of it too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[Khloe, you looked so beautiful today\u2026]\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The air instantly chilled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She turned to explain to him, but his fingers had already opened the message. The full text read: [Khloe, you looked so beautiful today. May I ask which brand your outfit is? I\u2019d like to send something to a friend.]\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since Khloe might not have saved his number, the sender even left his name at the end: Barney.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe hurried to explain. \u201cHe\u2019s the vice chairman of Solara Energy, I spoke to him briefly at the summit and gave him my business card.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For some reason, she felt guilty. Then she added, \u201cMy outfit is indeed a niche brand-very design-forward, looks quite unique. Maybe he wants to buy it for his wife.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Why did this Barney feel the need to compliment her first before asking about the brand?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHmm.\u201d Nick released her hand. \u201cReply him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was no unusual tone, yet the sheer composure in his voice sent a subtle shiver down her spine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 396 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 396 \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-26917","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\/26917","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=26917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}