
{"id":26944,"date":"2026-02-04T14:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-423\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:16:39","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-423","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-423\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 423"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 423<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 423 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 423<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 423\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2026 came to see Nick?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Loretta\u2019s eyes widened in surprise. She blurted out, \u201cIsn\u2019t he with you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2026 hasn\u2019t come home?\u201d Khloe\u2019s heart skipped a beat as the thought hit her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid something happen between you two?\u201d Loretta\u2019s voice wavered with worry, just starting to tense up-until Khloe quickly smiled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, maybe I misunderstood. He went to the company earlier today, and I just assumed that since he hadn\u2019t come home, he must have come here\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She pulled out her phone, glancing at it as if she had just seen a message.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAh, he\u2019s already gone back. Sorry, Grandma.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally?\u201d Loretta sounded half convinced, half uncertain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Khloe, finishing her explanation, hurried off before Loretta could ask any more questions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As soon as Khloe left, Loretta immediately called Nick. Yet strangely, no one answered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once Khloe left the manor, she immediately dialed Nick. Every bit of irritation she had felt was now replaced with worry for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t pick up. She called Lenny instead, and this time the line connected quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere\u2019s Nick?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lenny hesitated, clearly caught off guard by her directness, fumbling for words.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s tone sharpened. \u201cLenny, I can\u2019t get through to him. If anything happens to him, are you going to take responsibility?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pressure was too much, and even Lenny, diligent as he was, could not resist. Eventually, he relented and told her everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Half an hour later, Khloe sped to Nick\u2019s apartment, her heart hammering the entire way-equal parts anxiety and anger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She stepped out of the elevator and froze. A familiar figure blocked her path.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNick.\u201d She instinctively called his name, but the words she had rehearsed caught in her throat when she saw who stood before her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t Nick. It was\u2026 Michelle,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michelle wore only a thin knit dress. Her long hair fell loosely over her shoulders, and her face, without makeup, looked even softer and more delicate than usual.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhloe, are you here for Nick?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 423\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She wasn\u2019t surprised. Her gaze was calm but firm as she looked at Khloe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy\u2026 are you here?\u201d Khloe frowned. She tried to make sense of it. Wasn\u2019t Michelle supposed to be in Felanche?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before Michelle could answer, heat surged through Khloe\u2019s veins. She tried to rush past the elevator doors toward Nick, but Michelle grabbed her arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhloe, why are you forcing yourself? If you can\u2019t accept him, let go. Do you want Nick\u2019s injuries to pile up even more before you finally give up?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The words lit a fuse in Khloe. She tore her arm free and raised her hand to strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Michelle didn\u2019t flinch. She tilted her face upward, almost daring Khloe to hit her, as if waiting to prove her point.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She had struck Khloe\u2019s deepest pain, shattering the fragile trust Khloe had in Nick. A relationship teetered on the edge of collapse, and it began in that moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the anticipated blow never came.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michelle opened her eyes to see Khloe\u2019s hand hovering mid-air for a long beat before she slowly clenched and\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>released it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rationality returned at the last moment. Khloe snorted, a disdainful smile on her lips.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want me to hit you just to prove you exist. Too bad, I\u2019m not like you. I won\u2019t cling to a relationship that\u2019s already rotten. I feel sorry for you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 423 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 423 \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-26944","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\/26944","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=26944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}