Falling for the Contract Bride

Chapter 182

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 rather

comparatively much more tender than seconds

Jinye managed to instantly melt her heart with his warmth. She was dumbfounded

bit her lower lip and nodded at him,

“Thank you.”

expressed her gratitude

glared

despised her

carry on with their conversation. Linda had reluctantly knocked on the door to nudge him about

I have more to discuss

expect me to sit around and

 

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

could

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

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

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

She would pretend to be

Xiaoning for looking after Mu

time for Mu Xiaomu if Mu Zhi had run into personal

and optimistic front, Mu Zhi insisted to bring Mu Xiaomu to school every day and cook up large meals

productive as she could during her

energy would ultimately disperse every night. The darkness of the night would

the day, she had

time. But for reasons unknown to her, she had hardly read a few pages before drowsiness struck her. She fell asleep without

him. Thus, he cut the meeting short by a whole hour, concluding the meeting in an hour and a half for what would take

They could not comprehend how Lu Jinye

the team

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

by a curled-up Mu Zhi soundly sleeping on the couch. She had a book on her forehead, forming a comical sight,

He pointed at this desk, beckoning Linda to

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