How to Train Your Ex-Billionaire novel Chapter 20

And so, even after she finished sweeping, Yvan never found the chance to speak to her.

Fortunately, though, he later witnessed Judith bullying her.

Yvan thought she might finally take the initiative to ask him to testify for her, but she still didn’t.

It seemed that unless he made the first move, she would never speak to him on her own.

After Yvan helped her, she finally spoke to him—a quiet “thank you,” as faint as a mosquito’s whisper.

He asked Winifred how she planned to thank him, really just to keep the conversation going.

To his surprise, she turned the question back on him, her eyes confused yet clear—nothing like the girls who chased after him.

Yvan didn’t know what came over him, but he blurted out, “Be my girlfriend.”

Unexpectedly, Winifred refused him.

Yvan made up an excuse, asking her to pretend to be his girlfriend instead.

Finally, Winifred agreed.

Before exams, Yvan didn’t interact much with her. The one time he asked her out, she turned him down, citing her studies.

It wasn’t until after exams that he found another excuse to invite her out.

In front of everyone, he kissed her—and from then on, he couldn’t stop himself. Yvan found himself thinking about her constantly.

He started finding reasons to invite her out, but she still seemed oblivious.

On the last day of summer vacation, he asked her out again. After walking around the wetlands park for a long time, he finally kissed her once more.

She struggled only briefly before yielding.

In that moment, Yvan knew—she had fall for him too.

And so, from that day on, they officially became a couple, beginning a year of long-distance dating.

Yvan had heard that a woman’s first time could be painful. He kissed away her tears and whispered, “Don’t cry. I’ll be gentler.”

But after that summer, Winifred inexplicably broke up with him.

Yvan was furious.

He, Yvan—privileged and admired—could have any woman he wanted. What was Winifred to him? If she wanted to break up, then so be it. One day, she would regret it and come crying back to him, begging to get back together.

Seven years passed in a flash. Instead of Winifred’s tearful pleas, Yvan learned that she had already married someone else.

The thought filled him with agony. He picked up the glass in front of him and downed another drink.

Seeing him looking so utterly defeated, Todd asked, confused, “If you still like Winifred, why didn’t you go find her in all these seven years?”

Yvan froze.

Why hadn’t he gone looking for her? What was the use of regret now? It was all too late.