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

more

giving him the cold shoulders, Lu Jinye managed to instantly melt her heart

bit her lower lip and nodded at

“Thank you.”

expressed her gratitude

glared at

her ‘thank

conversation. Linda had reluctantly knocked on the door to nudge him

I have more to discuss with

to sit around and do

 

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

could

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

Zhi got up to browse Lu Jinye’s bookshelf

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

She would pretend to be an ordinary person by the

Xiaoning for looking after Mu Xiaomu

hesitate to make time for Mu Xiaomu if Mu Zhi had run into

Zhi was reluctant to trouble Jian Xiaoning anymore. Maintaining a bold and optimistic front, Mu Zhi insisted to bring Mu Xiaomu to school every day and cook up large meals for the

would try to be as productive as she

every night. The darkness of the night would tell

the end of the day, she

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

cut the meeting short by a whole hour, concluding the meeting in an hour and a half for what would take two hours under normal

They could not comprehend how Lu Jinye managed

any case, the team welcomed an

closely behind. In the half-an-hour break, she needed to bring

curled-up Mu Zhi soundly sleeping on the couch. She had a book on her forehead, forming a comical sight, but her body language told Lu Jinye that she lacked a sense of

desk, beckoning Linda to

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