
{"id":26942,"date":"2026-02-04T14:16:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-421\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:16:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:16:35","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-421","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-421\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 421"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 421<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 421 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 421<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 421<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten felt a flicker of worry and wanted to follow to check on Angela, but Angela\u2019s phone suddenly rang with a call.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing an unfamiliar name on the screen, Kirsten didn\u2019t hesitate and answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are you right now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello, I\u2019m a friend of Angela\u2019s. She isn\u2019t able to take calls right now. May I ask who\u2019s calling?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barney froze for a moment, surprised. \u201cI\u2019m\u2026 her boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh.\u201d Kirsten remembered what Angela had mentioned before-so this was the distinguished CEO who valued her work. \u201cI\u2019m sorry. Angela had a bit too much to drink and may not be able to call you back for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was late, and even if there were work matters, employees deserved a bit of understanding.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten\u2019s words made Barney slightly uneasy. \u201cDrinking? Did something happen to her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell\u2026\u201d Kirsten hesitated, unsure if she was saying too much.<\/p>\n<p>But from the tone of his voice, it was clear he genuinely cared about Angela.<\/p>\n<p>Now that she was free from Trey and had other men in her life, she really shouldn\u2019t reject someone like her boss, right?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould you send me your location?\u201d Barney asked politely.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier that morning, he had received a call from Angela saying she had some matters to handle and would be returning to Jayelle City alone. Something had felt off, but Barney didn\u2019t want to interfere with her private affairs.<\/p>\n<p>By coincidence, he had met a friend in Jayelle City and ended up staying an extra night. After finishing his engagement, he figured he\u2019d check in on Angela. If everything was settled, they could still travel back together the next day.<\/p>\n<p>An hour later, Angela slumped on the sofa in the private room, half-conscious, when there was a knock at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten hurried to open it. Outside stood a tall figure, and she couldn\u2019t help but pause.<\/p>\n<p>The dim lights of the bar did little to hide the man\u2019s handsome features and imposing stature.<\/p>\n<p>Barney wasn\u2019t striking in a flashy way, but he exuded a commanding, masculine presence. Visually, even compared to Trey, he seemed twice as mature and strong.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten had always been drawn to men like this-subtle, magnetic, carrying a quiet wildness beneath the restraint of their suits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2026\u201d Kirsten began, but the man cut in smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Barney, Angela\u2019s boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1\/3<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 421<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus<\/p>\n<p>His gaze had already found Angela. She looked terrible.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten quickly stepped aside. She had wanted to explain to Angela that Barney was looking for her, but Angela was far too drunk.<\/p>\n<p>Since returning from the restroom, Angela had collapsed again and seemed incapable of processing anything Kirsten said. She was too sleepy to even sit up.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten had just gotten her some juice and water to help her sober up. If Barney hadn\u2019t come, she had planned to wait until after work to take Angela home for a proper rest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did she drink so much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even though the bottles on the table were cleared, Angela reeked of alcohol. She didn\u2019t even have the strength to open her eyes when he approached.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnhappy. Drowning her sorrows, I guess,\u201d Kirsten sighed softly.<\/p>\n<p>Barney frowned, sitting down beside her. He called her name a few times.<\/p>\n<p>Angela mumbled something indistinct, apparently unaware of who was calling her, and even called out \u201cTrey\u201d instinctively.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten shook her arm gently. \u201cAngela\u2026 your boss, Barney, is here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angela shook her head violently, suddenly sitting up and throwing her arms around Barney.<\/p>\n<p>Barney\u2019s body was warm, and instinctively, he tried to push her away as she clung to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u65e5<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 421 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 421 \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-26942","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\/26942","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=26942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}