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

Jinye glared at

despised her

conversation. Linda had reluctantly knocked on the door to nudge

I have

to sit

words were at the tip of Mu Zhi’s tongue, but Lu

could only swallow

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

Mu Zhi got up to browse Lu

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 in the morning to a pillow

to be

was grateful to Jian Xiaoning for looking

Mu Xiaomu if Mu Zhi had run into personal

Zhi was reluctant to trouble Jian Xiaoning anymore. Maintaining a bold and optimistic front, Mu Zhi insisted to bring Mu Xiaomu to

to be as productive as she could during

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

day, she had

pass her time. But for reasons unknown to her, she had hardly

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

executives who had been vigorously working alongside Lu Jinye were jaw-dropped. They could not comprehend how Lu Jinye managed to produce at the rate that

any case, the team

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

Jinye pushed the door open, he was greeted by a curled-up Mu Zhi soundly sleeping on the couch. She had a book on her forehead, forming a comical sight, but her body language

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

out of Lu Jinye’s office before

Mu Zhi. Despite her captivating features, he realized that her facial complexion was paler than usual. She looked even more unwell than his

question of what the woman had been