The Villainess Needs a Hug (Ivy Windsor) novel Chapter 976

Naylor Wilson had actually known Katrina Lester for a long time.

The Lester family carried significant weight in Neo Haven's social circles. However, because Katrina's parents had gone through an incredibly toxic and public divorce, she had slowly been marginalized by the family. Over time, the elite socialites had practically forgotten the eldest Lester daughter even existed.

If she hadn't been friends with Jamison's wife, Naylor would never have tangled himself up with a girl whose existence in her own family was practically ghost-like.

In the eyes of 'Playboy' Naylor, women with her specific background were strictly off-limits. They were arrogant yet wildly sensitive, fiercely independent but emotionally fragile, holding sky-high expectations while dealing with rock-bottom realities. Dating someone like that sounded absolutely exhausting.

But life had a funny sense of humor. The two people who seemed the least compatible ended up in an incredibly messy entanglement.

What baffled him even more was that he had broken all his own rules. After they got together, he had walked on eggshells, meticulously protecting her fragile ego, fully believing he was being the ultimate, flawless boyfriend—only to end up getting dumped.

Dumped!

Naylor's mind was reeling. He stared at his girlfriend, who had been laughing and chatting with him through dinner just an hour ago. Now, sitting in his car outside her apartment, she had casually turned to him and ended it. For a second, he genuinely thought he was hallucinating.

"What did you say?" Naylor asked, his eyes locking onto hers.

Katrina sat rigid in the passenger seat, her hands balled into tight fists as she watched the color drain from his face.

Saying those words felt like a knife twisting in her chest, but she had run out of options.

Her mother's breast cancer had metastasized. The doctors said even with aggressive treatment, she only had a few months left.

Her mother's dying wish was to see Katrina married.

Katrina had always prided herself on being a fiercely independent modern woman who viewed marriage as an outdated societal trap. But faced with her mother's terminal diagnosis, she caved without hesitation.

Naylor was a staunch opponent of marriage. He had a laundry list of exes—women far more beautiful, accomplished, and socially prominent than Katrina—and none of them had managed to lock down the infamous playboy.

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