Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 182 Sleeping in Lu Jinye’s Embrace

Lu Jinye’s raised his wide, captivating eyes, observing Mu Zhi’s facial expression.

Meanwhile, Mu Zhi could not help but frown. She returned the file to Lu Jinye and pouted her lips, “He isn’t my partner.”

Lu Jinye then replied with a smirk, “If he isn’t your partner, why would you refuse my invitation for dinner and end up having the time to get lunch with him?”

With his domineering temperament, the sound of Lu Jinye’s words felt suffocating to Mu Zhi.

She glared at Lu Jinye right away, “Because I don’t feel like having dinner with you.”

“Mr. Lu, I suppose you’re after the custody of Mu Xiaomu and I don’t believe that’s good news to me. So, I don’t want to see you. I just want to escape from you. Mr. Lu, can you empathize with me?”

Lu Jinye said nothing in response.

In silence, he stared at her with his deep-set and enigmatic gaze, which made her… Terrified.

Mu Zhi turned her back towards him and ignored Lu Jinye while leaning against the back of the couch.

A long moment later, Lu Jinye clenched his fists and said, “Stay away from Xie Xiu.”

His tone was rather gentle.

And comparatively much more tender than seconds ago.

While Mu Zhi was giving him the cold shoulders, Lu Jinye managed to instantly melt her heart with his warmth. She was dumbfounded by the sudden gush of affection.

She bit her lower lip and nodded at him, “Fine, got it.”

“Thank you.”

her gratitude

glared at

despised her

to carry on with their conversation. Linda had reluctantly knocked on the door to nudge him

at Mu Zhi, “Wait here, I have more to discuss

expect me to sit around

Mu Zhi’s tongue, but Lu Jinye had burst out

could

be short and succinct. Understanding that, Mu Zhi was

when boredom came over her, Mu Zhi got

of her mother. She would lay in bed early at night but take hours to fall asleep. The slightest sound in the middle

to be an ordinary person

Xiaoning for looking after Mu Xiaomu

for Mu Xiaomu if Mu Zhi

reluctant to trouble Jian Xiaoning anymore. Maintaining a bold and optimistic front, Mu Zhi insisted to bring Mu Xiaomu to school every day and cook up large

as productive as

The darkness of the night would tell her that sleep

day, she had

book to pass her time. But for reasons unknown to

the meeting consciously knowing that Mu Zhi was expecting him. Thus, he cut the meeting short by a whole hour, concluding the meeting in an hour and a half for what would take

could not comprehend how Lu Jinye managed to produce at the

case, the team welcomed an efficient

behind. In the half-an-hour break, she needed to

had a book on her forehead, forming a comical sight, but her body language told Lu Jinye that she lacked

He pointed at this desk, beckoning Linda to place the documents on top

and sidled out of

paler than usual. She looked even more unwell than his staff who were living in

of what