Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 72 A Stormy and Steamy Night

The very moment she heard the conversation, Mu Zhi’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.

It was out of her control, for unknown reasons.

Mu Zhi turned away intentionally, pretending to be asleep. But Lu Jinye’s voice continued to be heard.

She seemed to be putting more focus on the words exchanged.

She heard Xiao Qingqing say, “Jinye, thank you for your tolerance and love, you gave me love and rescued me. You are the moon of my life, my sun, and stars.”

“Mmm,” Lu Jinye responded with a light utterance.

Not long after, he added, “Don’t live in the past.”

On the other end, Xiao Qingqing laughed lightly, “To bring me out of my past, you’re going to have to work hard to create new memories for me.”

Mu Zhi clutched her abdomen area. Why did she start feeling stomach-ache as she listened to their conversation?!

“That’s all in the past, nobody can hurt the Xiao Qingqing now.”

Lu Jinye said listlessly.

Mu Zhi could not help but threw a glance in Lu Jinye’s direction.

Did she hear it correctly? Lu Jinye was consoling someone!

True enough, the true love of his life gets a different treatment.

Mu Zhi thought to herself. Either as his wife or his secretary, she had never seen Lu Jinye give words of consolation to any woman!

What a gentle and encouraging tone he had! Mu Zhi was starting to be astonished!

However… Apart from astonishment, she sensed a dash of upset.

Xiao Qingqing continued with her lovers’ prattle, “Jinye, I’m not that invincible now, there’s one person in the world who could still hurt me. That is you.”

“Because I’m madly in love with you, I’m only vulnerable to you.”

Xiao Qingqing was confessing her love.

in an untimely manner, Mu

a liking to a singer called Wang

especially inappropriate in a setting

Xiao Qingqing was

the songs went, ‘I refuse to sleep, the day too bright but the night is too dark. Every time I take deep breaths, my heart is warmed by your sweet love… There are no words that can describe my happiness, yet

of provocation to people who did

her ringtone’s lyrics as

and found out that the call came from

must not answer it. Lu Jinye was still in a call

hurriedly declined

relent if her

she went to

had just declined it when her phone rang again. The sound of provocative lyrics filled the

option, she clasped her phone in her hand and dashed into the bathroom to

Jinye did not seem bothered at all. He held his phone by his ear

as the lyrics bounced around inside

certain that the ringtone

be a

Who was that woman!

you? Is there another

Xiao Qingqing asked tentatively.

“It’s Mu Zhi.”

to explain. He was frank and

could no longer

lash out. She had to watch her image. So, in a pretentiously forgiving manner, she said, “Jinye, I trust you have a business to take care of with Miss Mu, I shall not disturb you. Even though I’m afraid, I’ll try my best to get used to not

like she was about to say goodbye, though she was desperate for Lu

Jinye had no intention to do that.

up the

thunderstruck the instant she was hung up

her fingers, hoping to squash it into bits, and ended up

paced her room

take care of’, she was merely giving herself an out, as well as sparing Lu

left alone in a woman in the middle of the night,

could guarantee that nothing would

when they had

was

flawless. Did Lu Jinye not fall for it for