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.”

 

was

much more tender than

managed to instantly melt her

bit her lower lip and nodded

“Thank you.”

her gratitude in the

glared

despised her

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

“Wait here, I have more to discuss

to sit around

 

tongue, but Lu Jinye had burst out of the room

could

to be short and succinct. Understanding

Mu Zhi got up to browse Lu Jinye’s bookshelf and picked a book

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

would pretend to be

was grateful to Jian Xiaoning for

not hesitate to make time for Mu

optimistic front, Mu Zhi insisted to bring Mu

as productive as she could during her

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

of the day, she had lost the battle against

unknown to her, she had hardly read a few pages before

he cut the meeting short by a whole hour,

executives 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 the help of

team welcomed

Linda was following closely behind. In the

he was greeted by a curled-up Mu Zhi soundly sleeping on the couch. She had a book on her

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

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