How to Train Your Ex-Billionaire novel Chapter 204

Most of these elites were around thirty-five.

Yvan frowned. "You want someone younger?"

He had looked into Winifred's family background and knew she had grown up without a father figure, so he assumed she'd prefer someone more mature and stable, which was why he had chosen men in their thirties.

"Yeah. Doesn't everyone say men start going downhill after twenty-five? Who wants an old guy?" Winifred crossed her arms. "Actually, there's a pretty good option right by your side. That guy, Fitch. He works for you, so he must be a decent person. He doesn't have a girlfriend, does he?"

Yvan's face went pale. "You like him?"

"Yeah, I quite like him," Winifred said, tapping her chin. "He's young, handsome, has a gentle demeanor, and being an executive assistant must be a good position. He seems just right for me."

He wanted to use Fitch to monitor her, did he? Fine. She would give him a good scare and see if he still dared to place Fitch near her.

Yvan clenched his fists. "He's not an option. He has a girlfriend. If you prefer younger men, I'll find you someone younger."

"He has a girlfriend? What a shame," Winifred said with a look of disappointment. "Well, never mind then. Just find me some other younger guys. Preferably under twenty-five."

"..."

Yvan's hands tightened into fists.

...

Fitch had no idea how he'd gotten caught in the crossfire. Yvan suddenly wanted to transfer him to handle the Birch Hollow development project in Oakwood City.

He had been with Yvan for five years. Being suddenly sent to the backwoods of Oakwood City was a demotion, plain and simple.

"Mr. Brown, did I do something wrong?" he asked with a long face.

Yvan's expression was grim. "Of course you did something wrong. I never should have let you get near Winifred in the first place."

"Mr. Brown, what does that mean?" Fitch was completely baffled. "Did I offend Ms. Spencer?"

"Winifred has taken a liking to you. She specifically asked for you to be her boyfriend," Yvan said through gritted teeth, his face dark.

During the holiday, he had also visited Winifred's hometown to pay respects at her grandmother's grave, where he saw Winifred for the first time in over a month.

At that time, he learned from the villagers that Birch Hollow was soon to be demolished.

Yvan secretly watched Winifred in her yard, observing how she looked at every plant and blade of grass, and knew she couldn't bear to part with it.

He had known so little about her before.

He only knew her parents were divorced, her father hadn't contacted her in decades, and her remarried mother probably hadn't treated her well either.

That was why her grandmother was so important to her. And it was because of her grandmother's death that she refused to forgive him.

So, Yvan came up with a plan: he would spend a fortune to buy Birch Hollow under the guise of tourism development, thereby preserving the village.

That way, a piece of Winifred's past would always be kept safe.