The Wife He Forgot to Marry (Winona and Yule) novel Chapter 504

Winona shook her head. "No need. I'll handle him."

She figured he was only here because Willow had come crying to him. Knowing she had done absolutely nothing wrong, she stepped out of the car and walked toward him with calm indifference.

"Winona."

Seeing her so emotionally detached made a spike of irritation flare in Yulen's chest, but he forced himself to sound patient. "Look, I know I lied to you in the past, but I compensated you generously, didn't I? The money, the house, the car—I never asked for any of it back. Why did you have to go and drag my name through the mud in front of Mrs. Powell? Do you have any idea how much money Locke Group is going to lose because they pulled their contracts?"

Winona stared at him, her voice ice-cold. "I don't care if you believe me or not, but I never said a single word about our history to Mrs. Powell. I have no idea how she found out. If you want to salvage your business deals, you need to go grovel to her, not me."

"Even if you didn't tell her, you two are obviously close! Can't you just look back on how good I was to you and put in a good word for me?"

Winona let out a dark, mocking laugh. "How good you were to me? Yulen, every single time you hurt me, you threw money at me to cover it up. That wasn't you being good to me—that was you buying off your own guilty conscience. Don't ever come looking for me again. I'm not helping you, and I never want to see your face."

"Winona, even if you don't want to be with me anymore, do you really have to be this ruthless? We loved each other once. Have you forgotten all of that?"

She looked at him as if he were nothing more than a stranger on the street.

"Yulen... get lost."

His face froze.

Watching her walk away and disappear into the house, an inexplicable, suffocating wave of panic washed over him.

*

That evening, Winona gave the Rolex to Stefan.

"An early birthday gift."

Stefan opened the luxurious box, a flicker of genuine surprise crossing his features.

"You spent this much money just to buy me a watch?"

She nodded. "Yeah. Do you like it?"

He had showered her with so many priceless gifts, but she hadn't been in a position to give him anything of equal value. She wanted to keep working hard, to bridge the gap between them so she could finally stand on equal footing with him.

Stefan's eyes softened with profound affection. "I love it. But from now on, you need to save your money. And please, start spending mine. Is that alright with you, Mrs. Goddard?"

Winona thought about it for a moment, her expression turning serious. "Stefan, I want to have the power and standing to be beside you. I want to return your love as an equal, not just as someone who constantly needs your protection."

He strapped the watch onto his wrist. It looked perfect. He was going to wear it every single day.

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