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.”

expressed her gratitude

Jinye glared

her ‘thank

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

I have more to discuss with you after

expect me to sit around and do

were at the tip of Mu Zhi’s tongue, but Lu Jinye had burst out of the room

she could

who prided on efficiency, the meetings Lu Jinye held tended to be short and succinct. Understanding that, Mu Zhi

Zhi got up to browse Lu Jinye’s bookshelf and

since the passing of her mother. She would lay in bed early at night but take hours to fall asleep. The slightest sound in the middle of the night would startle her awake, and she would wake up

pretend to be an

to Jian Xiaoning for

for Mu Xiaomu if Mu Zhi had

Zhi was 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

be as productive as

darkness of the night would tell her that sleep was a horrifying thing, making it difficult for her

end of the day, she had lost the battle

book to pass her time. But for reasons unknown to her, she had hardly read a few pages

him. Thus, he cut the meeting short by a whole hour, concluding the meeting in an

jaw-dropped. They could not comprehend how Lu Jinye managed to produce at the rate that he did without the help

case, the team welcomed an

while Linda was following closely behind. In the half-an-hour break, she needed to bring these documents to his office for

he was greeted by a curled-up Mu Zhi soundly sleeping on the couch. She had a book on her forehead,

this desk, beckoning Linda to place the documents on

out of

than usual. She looked even more unwell than

the question of what the woman had been