Does Chen Dong know she acts like this outside?
Why would she betray Chen Dong?
Or have she and Chen Dong already broken up?!
But even if she and Chen Dong have broken up, what does it have to do with me?
“Lin Yao!”
A voice snapped Lin Yao out of her wild thoughts.
Lin Yao came back to her senses and turned to see who had called her—it was Huo Boyan.
Huo Boyan had noticed that Lin Yao had been gone for a long time without returning, and she hadn’t brought her phone with her.
Thinking she might have gotten lost, he came out to look for her, only to find her watching other people kissing.
“Why are you here?”
Lin Yao knew he had seen her foolish expression just now, and a faint blush spread across her fair face.
“I came out to find you. Let’s go home.”
This woman actually blushes?
Huo Boyan found it amusing to see Lin Yao looking so shy. They had already done much more intimate things, yet she still blushed at the sight of others kissing!
Lin Yao had no choice but to follow Huo Boyan. When she glanced back, the two people from earlier were no longer there—they must have left at some point.
Back home, Lin Yao watched Huo Boyan walking ahead of her.
She thought to herself that they had slept in the same bed yesterday only because they were at Old Master Huo’s house. Since he hadn’t called for her now, she hesitated for a moment but ultimately decided to return to the guest room she had chosen.
After taking a shower, Huo Boyan didn’t see Lin Yao and assumed she was still downstairs in the living room. But after waiting for a while, she still hadn’t come up.
Growing impatient, he was about to go downstairs to see what she was doing when he noticed the light on in the guest room next to his. An idea flashed through his mind.
He quickly walked to that room and pushed the door open. Sure enough, she was there.
Lin Yao was sitting on the bed, staring at a photo of her and Chen Dong still saved on her phone, lost in thought.
Since she was sitting with her back to the door and was deep in thought, she didn’t notice Huo Boyan approaching from behind.
He was already standing behind her, yet this foolish woman still hadn’t noticed. Huo Boyan looked at Lin Yao angrily and questioned her.
“Why are you here?”
Hearing Huo Boyan’s voice, Lin Yao was startled. Guiltily, she flipped her phone over and turned around with a pale face.
She could only hope that Huo Boyan hadn’t seen the photo on her phone.
“I wasn’t doing anything… Why are you here?”
But what she didn’t know was that Huo Boyan hadn’t seen it at first. It was only when she flipped her phone over that he caught a glimpse.
Even though it was just for a few seconds, he clearly saw it was a photo of Lin Yao and another man, with Lin Yao smiling especially sweetly.
His wife was secretly reminiscing about another man in his house!
Huo Boyan laughed angrily and retorted, “Why am I here? If I hadn’t come, how would I know you were secretly looking at another man’s photo?”
He had indeed seen it.
Lin Yao couldn’t help but panic inwardly. She wanted to explain but didn’t know how.
After all, she really had been looking at Chen Dong’s photo. Her lips parted and closed, but no words came out.
Seeing her like this only made Huo Boyan angrier. Combined with the alcohol he had consumed, his fury could no longer be restrained under the influence of the drink.
He grabbed Lin Yao’s face, pushed her down onto the bed, leaned over her, and demanded in a low voice:
“I told you not to have intimate relationships with other men! Are you treating my words as nothing but empty air?!”
The anger in Huo Boyan’s eyes and the expression on his face frightened Lin Yao. She reached out to push him away, shaking her head in denial.
“It’s not… what you… think.”
Feeling Lin Yao’s resistance, Huo Boyan released his grip on her face, his expression darkening.
“Then tell me what it is.”
Afraid he would act like before, Lin Yao immediately began to explain,
“There’s nothing between us now, it’s all in the past! Don’t worry, I would never betray you during the agreement!”
Her assurance had no effect on Huo Boyan; he still didn’t believe her.
“Wouldn’t betray me? Then what’s the relationship between you and the man in your phone?”
His question left Lin Yao speechless for a moment.
.
What relationship?
There was no relationship anymore.
Lin Yao felt nothing but immense pain. This past month had been the most difficult time of her life.
First, her boyfriend cheated and betrayed her, then her family went bankrupt, and she married a near-stranger for ten million yuan.
The grievances in her heart grew larger and larger.
Huo Boyan didn’t hear Lin Yao’s explanation; he only saw the person beneath him crying, tears streaming from her almond-shaped eyes.
He froze, suddenly feeling a twinge of pity. He was about to say something when—
“He’s my ex-boyfriend.”
“We broke up just a month ago.”
“The photo has been saved for a long time. What happened between us is in the past. Don’t tell me Mr. Huo has no past?”
Lin Yao seemed to have given up, her voice soft and nasal, each word piercing his heart one by one.
Past?
Huo Boyan fell silent for a moment, as if thinking of something else. His expression darkened as he said disbelievingly, “You say it’s in the past, but aren’t you still saving yourself for him?”
“Saving myself?”
His words left Lin Yao confused.
“What? Not admitting it? You deliberately came to sleep in this room, didn’t you? Isn’t it because you don’t want to have relations with me? Saving yourself so you can get back together with him in the future?”
Huo Boyan seemed convinced that his interpretation matched what Lin Yao was thinking.
“But don’t forget, I said our relationship would be like that of a normal married couple.”
He deliberately leaned down, bringing his face close to her ear. His warm breath brushed against her ear, and the sensation of his body against hers made Lin Yao realize what the man intended to do.
“Mmm… mmm…”
Before Lin Yao could explain, her mouth was sealed by Huo Boyan’s descending kiss.
After a month, Huo Boyan kissed Lin Yao again. This time, there was no taste of alcohol in her mouth, and both of them were fully conscious.
Lin Yao knew that no matter how much she explained now, the man on top of her wouldn’t listen.
That night, both of them consciously surrendered to a night of passion.
The next day, when Lin Yao woke up again, it was already ten o’clock. Huo Boyan was gone, and she was sleeping in his room.
It seemed that after she fainted the night before, Huo Boyan had carried her here. In her hazy memory, she recalled hearing him say before she lost consciousness:
“This time, you didn’t call out another man’s name in my bed.”
“From now on, you can only sleep in my bed. You’re not allowed to sleep here.”
At the time, Lin Yao was caught between pain and pleasure, her mind too overwhelmed to think of how to respond.
It was also the first time she felt a man’s dominance in this aspect. Now her back ached and her legs were weak, forcing her to struggle out of bed.
After breakfast, as she stepped out, she found the driver waiting for her at the door.
Noticing her confusion, the driver explained that Huo Boyan had instructed him to take her to the shop once she woke up.
At least he still had a bit of a conscience.
“Ding dong! FanTuan Delivery reminds you: you have a new order!”
Another delivery notification sounded. Today, the number of people ordering cakes had doubled compared to usual. Lin Yao was already overwhelmed with work, yet orders kept coming in on the delivery platform.
She had no choice but to shut down the delivery platform. Although she really wanted to earn money, she was all alone and simply couldn’t handle it all.
Lin Yao even had to make calls asking customers to cancel their orders and buy cakes from other shops instead.
Finally, after managing to finish and send out all the cakes, her shop phone suddenly rang.
“What kind of cake did you make? My mom ate your cake and now she’s been rushed to the hospital??!!”