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 the

glared

her ‘thank

conversation. Linda had reluctantly

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

sit around and

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

could

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

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

but take hours to fall asleep. The slightest sound in the middle of the

would pretend to be an

to Jian Xiaoning for

time for Mu

Maintaining a bold and optimistic front, Mu Zhi insisted to bring Mu

would try to be as productive as she

The darkness of the night would tell her that sleep was a horrifying thing, making it difficult for her

end of the day, she had lost the

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

chaired the meeting consciously knowing that Mu Zhi was expecting him. Thus, he cut the meeting short by a whole hour, concluding the

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

the team welcomed an

straight towards his office while Linda was following closely behind. In the half-an-hour

when Lu 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

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

obliged and sidled out of

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

the question of what the woman had