
{"id":26943,"date":"2026-02-04T14:16:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-422\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:16:37","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-422","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-422\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 422"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 422<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 422 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 422<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 422\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angela, despite being heavily drunk, held on tightly, her arms locked firmly around his neck.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten gasped. \u201cAngela! Angela, wake up!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s okay,\u201d Barney said softly, startled for only a moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He calmly patted her back. There was a quiet strength in his hands, as if imbued with some kind of gentle magic, and gradually, Angela\u2019s frantic movements subsided.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barney waited until she was completely still, her breathing even, her body limp as if asleep. Then, he carefully scooped her up in his arms, cradling her horizontally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll take her back first.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay.\u201d Kirsten stood, hurrying to open the door and see them off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until Barney secured Angela safely in the car that Kirsten finally spoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarney\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes?\u201d he replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten\u2019s heart warmed. She had always cared for Angela, her childhood best friend, and hated seeing her treated so poorly-especially after what Trey and Khloe had done.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From the way Barney had handled Angela just now, it was clear he deeply valued her. If he could protect her, she would finally have someone on her side-someone capable of letting her vent and exact the justice she deserved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Khloe had been holding herself together for almost twenty-four hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By ten that evening, Nick still hadn\u2019t returned home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She finally couldn\u2019t take it anymore and called him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The phone rang for a long moment, unanswered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s usually steady composure faltered, and she flung the phone across the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a moment, she steadied herself and dialed Lenny,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All she got was a busy dial tone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fists clenched around the phone, she changed her clothes, grabbed her car keys, and rushed out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Nick had just woken up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the doctor\u2019s warnings had unsettled him, or perhaps his emotions were slowing his recovery. Despite taking his medication, he had developed a low-grade fever again that afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He rose from bed, exhausted, and glanced at the clock-almost eleven. The phone on his nightstand lit up, displaying two missed calls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 422\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the caller ID, his chest tightened. A surge of impulse flared\u2026 and he stifled it almost immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then, the doorbell rang.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His eyes brightened instantly. All the anxiety, all the lingering pain, was swept away by the rush of longing and excitement for one person.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t think. He didn\u2019t hesitate. He strode to the door, reason vanishing in that instant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhloe!\u201d he called.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When a maid opened the front door, Loretta, draped in her coat, slowly stepped out from her room.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She had been about to go to bed when she heard the commotion, assuming it was Arista or someone else returning. But to her surprise, it was Khloe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhloe, it\u2019s so late. Why are you here?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSorry to disturb you,\u201d Khloe said softly. She hadn\u2019t called ahead, knowing the elders would likely already be asleep. She had come quietly, unable to wait until tomorrow to say what needed to be said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, I wasn\u2019t asleep anyway,\u201d Loretta waved her hand and ushered Khloe inside. \u201cDid you come to talk to me about something?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She glanced at Khloe\u2019s injured hand. \u201cIs it still hurting? Feeling any better?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s alright now,\u201d Khloe replied, her eyes flicking toward the staircase leading to Nick\u2019s room. \u201cHas Nick\u2026 gone to sleep? Actually, I came to see him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>COIN BUNDLE: get more free bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>P\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 422 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 422 \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-26943","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\/26943","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=26943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}