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 in the

glared at

despised her

carry on with their conversation. Linda had reluctantly knocked on

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

expect me to sit around and

of Mu Zhi’s tongue, but

she could only swallow

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

got up to browse Lu Jinye’s

not been sleeping well 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 in the morning to

be an ordinary person by

was grateful to Jian Xiaoning for looking after Mu Xiaomu all this

would not hesitate to make time for Mu Xiaomu if Mu Zhi had run into personal

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

as productive as she could

night. The darkness of the night would tell her that sleep was a

she had lost

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

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

executives who had been vigorously working alongside Lu Jinye were jaw-dropped. They could not comprehend how Lu Jinye

the team welcomed an

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

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

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

obliged and sidled out of Lu Jinye’s office

realized that her facial complexion was paler than usual. She looked even more unwell than

frowned at the question of what