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.”

 

tone was

more

instantly melt her heart with his warmth. She was dumbfounded by the sudden gush of

her lower lip and nodded

“Thank you.”

gratitude in the

Jinye glared

her

with their conversation. Linda had reluctantly knocked on the

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

sit

 

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

could

and succinct. Understanding that,

boredom came over her, Mu Zhi got up

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 a pillow drenched in tears, not remembering

be an ordinary

was grateful to Jian Xiaoning for looking after Mu

Mu Xiaomu if

front, Mu Zhi insisted to bring Mu Xiaomu to school every day and cook up large meals for the three of them

try to be as productive

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

end of the day, she had

in Lu Jinye’s office, Mu Zhi was focused on the book to pass her time. But for reasons unknown to her, she had hardly read a few pages before drowsiness struck her. She fell asleep without realizing

he cut the meeting short by a whole hour, concluding the meeting in

could not comprehend how Lu Jinye managed to produce at the rate that he did without the help of

team welcomed an

Linda was following closely behind. In

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

pointed at this desk, beckoning Linda to place the documents on top of

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