
{"id":28337,"date":"2026-02-06T10:44:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-438\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:44:54","slug":"the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-438","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-billionaires-checkmate-novel-chapter-438\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billionaire\u2019s Checkmate Novel Chapter 438"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 438<\/h1>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Read Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 438 \u2013 \u2014- Chapter 438 Thinking of Khloe calling another man \u201chubby,\u201d strolling hand in hand with him through a supermarket\u2026 Trey\u2019s chest ached with pure, burning hatred. \u201cKhloe\u2026 why are you so cruel to me?\u201d he murmured to himself. He couldn\u2019t find an answer, nor could he make sense of it. How could someone\u2019s heart change so quickly and ruthlessly? After all these years\u2026 was everything she had done for him just a lie? \u201cDon\u2019t worry\u2026 everything\u2019s\u2026 going fine,\u201d Ethan said, his voice pausing briefly as he glanced at the passenger beside him.<\/p>\n<p>The woman wore headphones, seemingly listening to music, oblivious to the conversation taking place. The call came from Clarice, checking on the state of the Morrison Group. Khloe was supposed to meet Henry next week, and she was on leave this week, spending time with Nick. But the company was quiet. Before her vacation, Khloe had already arranged all her work matters. Hearing Ethan\u2019s report felt a little vague, prompting doubt from \u2014- Clarice. \u201cIs someone next to you?\u201d \u201cNo,\u201d Ethan replied immediately. \u201cNo one\u2026 \u2018m just driving.\u201d \u201cDriving? So late?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Where are you going?\u201d Clarice glanced at the time. With the time difference, it must be very late in Goldmont City. \u201cOh, a friend of mine had a little trouble. I\u2019m going to check on them,\u201d Ethan said with a faint smile. Clarice didn\u2019t sound pleased. \u201cBe careful. Don\u2019t just take any friend, To outsiders, you still represent the Morrison family.\u201d Perhaps it was because she had been so strict raising him, Ethan had few friends growing up. It wasn\u2019t until after graduation that he began interacting with people outside his social circle.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these connections were even encouraged by Clarice- to expand his network, gather information, and keep tabs on him. Over time, Ethan\u2019s social life had become somewhat\u2026 complicated. Rumors circulated that he never refused the company of women. As a result, Clarice\u2019s attempts to arrange suitable marriages for him had been politely declined. Fortunately, Ethan was cautious, never causing trouble. No matter how scandalous or difficult his acquaintances were, he could handle himself. So Clarice mostly left him to his own devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014- As a mother, she had only one rule: don\u2019t make mistakes. Beyond that, she didn\u2019t care if he got hurt, what kind of person he became, or what people thought of him. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, Mom,\u201d Ethan replied politely. But as soon as the call ended, the smile vanished. Every time Clarice called, it was all business. He had grown accustomed to it, previously thinking only of relieving her worries to earn her praise. But since Khloe\u2019s words had been planted in his heart, he could no longer face Clarice the same way.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps she had used him purely for her own purposes-not out of kindness, nor cruelty, but simply calculation. They were not family, not partners, just pieces on a board, tools in a game. Though Ethan sensed the truth, he couldn\u2019t bear to confront it. If one day he confirmed that Clarice was his enemy\u2026 it would negate his entire life, his very existence, every action he had ever taken. He exhaled quietly, glancing at the passenger beside him once more. \u201cHey\u2026 talk to me,\u201d he said. \u2014- When she didn\u2019t respond, he slapped her thigh lightly with his hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEthan!\u201d Charlotte gasped, recoiling instinctively, pressing her hands against the car door as her body shrank into the corner.<\/p>\n<h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 438 Advertisement Read Billionaire\u2019s Match By Tangy Candy Novel Chapter 438 \u2013 \u2014- [&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-28337","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\/28337","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=28337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}