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.”

gratitude in

glared at

despised her

time to carry on with their conversation. Linda

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

to sit around and

tip of Mu Zhi’s tongue, but Lu Jinye had

she could only

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

her, Mu Zhi got up to browse

slightest sound in the middle of the night would startle her awake, and she would wake up in the morning to a pillow drenched in tears, not remembering what dreams she

She would pretend to be an ordinary person

grateful to Jian Xiaoning for looking after Mu Xiaomu all this

time for Mu Xiaomu if Mu Zhi had run into personal

and optimistic front, Mu Zhi insisted to bring Mu Xiaomu to school

try to be as productive as

disperse every night. The darkness of the night would tell her that sleep was a horrifying thing, making it

the end of the day, she

Mu Zhi was focused on the book to pass her time. But for reasons unknown to her, she had hardly read

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

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

any case, the team

while Linda was following closely behind. In the half-an-hour break,

on the couch. She had a book on her forehead, forming a comical sight, but her body language told Lu Jinye that she

down his footsteps. He pointed at this desk, beckoning Linda to place the documents

of Lu Jinye’s

her facial complexion was paler than usual. She looked even more unwell than his staff

frowned at the question of what the woman had been