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

glared

her ‘thank

running out of time to carry on with their conversation. Linda had reluctantly knocked on the door to nudge him about the upcoming

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

sit around and do

Zhi’s tongue, but Lu Jinye had burst out

could only

the meetings Lu Jinye held tended to be short and succinct.

of waiting when boredom came over her, Mu Zhi got up to browse

hours to fall asleep. The slightest sound in the middle of the night would

She would pretend to be an ordinary person by

to Jian Xiaoning for looking after

hesitate to make time for Mu Xiaomu

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

to be as productive as she could during her

the night would tell her that sleep was a horrifying

the day, she

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

a whole hour, concluding the meeting in an hour and a half for what would take two hours

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 he did without

any case, the team welcomed

following closely behind. In the half-an-hour

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

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

out of Lu Jinye’s office before scurrying

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

question of what