Exclusive Love: Pampered by the Scheming Tycoon-Chapter 435 - 436 He’s Back

Huo Qinglin walked out of the pear garden, leaned against the redwood pillar at the entrance, and stood there in a daze for a long time before finally getting into his car and driving away.

Shortly after he left, a black sedan discreetly followed from a distance.

Inside the car, someone hurriedly dialed a number on their phone: "Miss Lu, I just saw Second Young Master Huo’s car."

"Who’s the seductive bitch he went to see?" Lu Huan Ning was waiting for her scene at the filming location. Receiving this call sent a chill through her, and hatred immediately surged into her voice.

"I’m not sure if he went to meet a woman or not. He just came out from a place called the pear garden, looking completely lost and despondent. I’m guessing he must have gone to see a woman." The caller described Huo Qinglin’s recent demeanor.

"Pear garden?" Lu Huan Ning sounded incredulous. "He went to see Lin Banxia? Why would he go meet that woman?"

"That, I don’t know, Miss Lu. You asked me to tail him, and I did. So, about the money..."

"Keep tailing him for me, follow him for the entire month. Your money won’t fall short. Just be careful not to let him notice you." Lu Huan Ning hung up the phone, her beautiful face flush with anger.

Could the person who made Huo Qinglin break up with her really be Lin Banxia?

No way. She refused to believe that Lin Banxia could make Huo Qinglin genuinely fall for her.

Lu Huan Ning was confident because Huo Qinglin was someone she had stolen away from Lin Banxia.

Even good horses don’t return to the same pasture. And a proud, conceited man like Huo Qinglin definitely wouldn’t turn back and fall in love with Lin Banxia again.

The director’s voice called for Lu Huan Ning to get on set, and she quickly decided to put the matter out of her mind.

As night fell, Lin Banxia closed the door to the pear garden and planned to make herself a bowl of tomato and egg noodles.

But just as she was about to open the fridge, she heard heavy footsteps from outside the door.

Soon after, a tall figure suddenly appeared at the entrance to her living room.

"Banxia..." The deep male voice carried a trace of concern and urgency.

Lin Banxia froze, stunned to see Huo Yanting standing in front of her like some heaven-sent miracle.

"You... you’re supposed to be in the United States, right?"

"I just got back!" Huo Yanting strode forward and, without saying another word, pulled her fiercely into his arms.

Lin Banxia hadn’t yet recovered from her surprise, but she could already hear the powerful rhythm of his heartbeat.

Her vision suddenly blurred with tears, and her tightly-strung nerves unwound as she nestled close to his chest.

"Huo Yanting, it was you who asked Qi Han to save me. Thank you!" Lin Banxia’s grateful voice rang softly from within his embrace. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Only then did Huo Yanting loosen his grip slightly. Underneath the warm glow of the overhead light, he carefully studied her. "You’re not hurt, are you?"

"I’m fine now! Don’t worry!" Lin Banxia felt his burning gaze sweeping across her body, and her pale cheeks flushed slightly.

"It’s good you’re safe. I was really worried about you," Huo Yanting said softly.

"I thought I wasn’t going to make it," Lin Banxia muttered with a bitter, self-deprecating laugh.

"That wouldn’t happen. Huo Tianfeng wouldn’t kill you," Huo Yanting said with certainty.

Lin Banxia’s stunning eyes widened. "So it really was him? I thought I might have guessed wrong."

"You suspected it was him too?" Huo Yanting appeared more surprised than she was. This little woman—what clues had she used to piece things together?

Lin Banxia’s heart trembled with unease. She’d blurted out too much just now.

She could only stammer vaguely, "Because I overheard Qi Han saying that the person who kidnapped me had sent you photos... I was just thinking, could it be your nemesis?"

Huo Yanting froze. His unfathomable eyes fixated even more intently on her delicate face. For some reason, he felt as though Lin Banxia was becoming an increasingly enigmatic presence—someone who seemed to know far more than she let on.