
{"id":26922,"date":"2026-02-04T14:15:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-401\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:15:57","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-401","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-401\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 401"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 401<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 401 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 401<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 401\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No one answered the door for a long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela stood outside for a full half hour. By the time night had deepened and the cold seeped into her bones, she finally prepared to leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At that moment, the door finally opened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey stood there in a loose black long sweater, his face drawn and haggard as he looked at her. His head was still wrapped in medical cotton, and though the bruises on his face had faded slightly, they were still painfully obvious. When he moved, his leg dragged unsteadily, his steps far from smooth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His hair was a mess, yet he didn\u2019t look like someone who had just woken up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela immediately turned and stepped inside. A strong stench of alcohol rushed at her from his body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been drinking?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey ignored her completely and turned to walk further into the house.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His figure swayed. The man who had always stood tall now hunched forward, looking like a completely different person.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He walked all the way to the back of the front hall, pulled out a chair at the bar, and sat down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The house was a disaster-trash scattered everywhere, empty wine bottles toppled and rolling about.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrey\u2026 how did you end up like this?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela hadn\u2019t expected this. When she left, Trey had been determined to divorce her, but at least he\u2019d still looked put together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How had he fallen into such decay?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen are we getting the paperwork done?\u201d Trey said, still gripping the bottle, his voice thick and muddled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you really insist on divorcing me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After only a few days apart, the first thing he said was divorce again. Angela\u2019s heart sank to the bottom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you even know how worried I was when Alicia told me you\u2019d been beaten? I came today specifically to see how you were!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah,\u201d Trey let out a cold laugh, staring only at the bottle in his hand. \u201cThanks to you, I\u2019m not dead.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you have to be like this?\u201d Angela pressed on. \u201cThe Fox Group isn\u2019t beyond recovery. Even if we don\u2019t divorce, even if we can\u2019t get that money from your grandmother, are we really completely out of options?\u201d She thought he was still troubled by money.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Trey didn\u2019t respond. He tilted his head back, about to drink again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 401\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela grabbed the bottle from his hand. \u201cIf I say that I\u2019ll take care of you now, that I can help you make a comeback-are you still going to keep sinking like this?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey shot her a glance, then shakily stood up and headed for the fridge to get more beer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela rushed forward and wrapped her arms around his waist from behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrey\u2026 I really can\u2019t bear to lose you. Even if Khloe doesn\u2019t want you anymore, even if your family abandons you\u2026 you still have me. You still have Pete.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you forgotten the good times we shared? You promised me back then-you swore to me that you would never leave. I believed you. I know marriage is full of obstacles, and no relationship is ever smooth sailing\u2026 But please, don\u2019t give up so easily. Okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela felt as though she had trampled her pride underfoot once again. She was lowering herself, begging him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But after ten years together, she was unwilling-utterly unwilling-to let it end like this. She couldn\u2019t accept it, and she refused to give in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Why did the Fox family only acknowledge Khloe? Why did Trey think he could turn back so easily?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If this relationship was going to end, it should be because she chose to end it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAngela,\u201d he said coldly. \u201cAre you done acting yet?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just as Angela was nearly moved by her own words, Trey suddenly threw out that icy question.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her entire body stiffened. The fingers clasped around his waist were abruptly pried away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trey stepped back half a pace and turned to face her. His gaze was like a bottomless, frozen abyss-dark, empty, and devoid of even the faintest trace of light.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 402\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 401 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 401 \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-26922","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\/26922","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=26922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}