
{"id":26946,"date":"2026-02-04T14:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-425\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:16:43","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-425","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-425\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 425"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 425<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 425 \u2013<\/p>\n<h1>Love Demands Honest Hearts \u2014 Yash Malhotra 425<\/h1>\n<p>Chapter 425\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you pound on the door with your injured hand? Don\u2019t you know what pain is?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His clear, tense voice trembled with anxiety and frustration. He cupped her bandaged hand, scrutinizing it carefully. Seeing no blood had seeped through, he finally exhaled a little.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe stared at him. Nick wore only a loose, oversized T-shirt; his tall frame looked lean and almost fragile, so different from the meticulously groomed man she knew at home. Today, even his face was unshaven.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew I\u2019d be worried, so why didn\u2019t you open the door sooner?\u201d she murmured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After confirming she was unharmed, Nick finally released her hand. He deliberately avoided her gaze, his eyes not lifting to meet hers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t realize it was you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally? Then who did you think it was? Michelle?\u201d Khloe\u2019s words made his chest tighten.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2026 you saw Michelle?\u201d he asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah. She seemed to have just left from here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhloe, don\u2019t misunderstand. My being here has nothing to do with her. She came on her own. I don\u2019t know who told you\u2026\u201d His voice grew rapid, almost panicked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Any mention of Michelle seemed to trigger an instinctive anxiety in him. Whatever happened, he didn\u2019t want Khloe to misinterpret it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForget Michelle for a moment,\u201d Khloe cut him off, brushing past his side as she strode into the room. \u201cLet\u2019s talk about us first.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She scanned the space and then sat down at the bar stool by the window.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe place is nice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the hard line in her expression, Nick quietly closed the door and followed. He didn\u2019t know what to say, so he went to the kitchen, poured a glass of warm water, and placed it gently in front of her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s cold outside. You\u2019re dressed too lightly today.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He noticed the thin clothes beneath her coat. Without another word, he adjusted the air conditioning to warm\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Khloe didn\u2019t reply, but her hands moved instinctively to the cup, gripping it. The warmth seeped into her palms, chasing away some of the chill in her heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u2019s expression remained cool and distant. Apart from the fleeting tension and worry when he first opened the door, he had resumed his usual detached composure, lowering his voice as if to mask any emotion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t misunderstand about Michelle. Even if we\u2026 nothing could ever happen between me and Michelle.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He worried she might take offense, but in times like this, he didn\u2019t know how else to explain. Seeing her look at him without the usual spark of warmth, a sharp ache hit his chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 425\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if we what?\u201d Khloe\u2019s gaze was unwavering, fixed on him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t need an explanation about Michelle. Her anger was directed solely at Michelle\u2019s opportunism, never at him. She understood now why he and Michelle were completely impossible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For a man who placed his pride above all else\u2014even revealing his flaws-he had said those harsh words before. A man this proud never looks back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2026\u201d Nick\u2019s voice dropped. \u201cI want you to give it some thought.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive what some thought?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His words were vague, but Khloe made it clear. \u201cYou mean\u2026 you want me to seriously consider divorcing you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He stayed silent and didn\u2019t answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>P\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 425 Advertisement Read Billionaire&#039;s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 425 \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-26946","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\/26946","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=26946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}