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

Jinye glared

despised her ‘thank

conversation. Linda had reluctantly knocked on the door to nudge

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

to sit around

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

she could only

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

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

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

be an

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

would not hesitate to make time for Mu Xiaomu if

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

as productive

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

the end of the day, she had lost the

unknown to her, she had hardly read a few pages before drowsiness struck her. She

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 what would take two hours

alongside Lu Jinye were jaw-dropped. They could not comprehend how Lu Jinye managed to produce at the rate that he

the team welcomed an

following closely behind. In the

had a book

He pointed at this desk, beckoning Linda to place

obliged and sidled out of

complexion was paler than usual. She looked even more

question of what the woman had