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 rather

much more

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

her lower lip and nodded at him,

“Thank you.”

expressed her gratitude

Jinye glared at

despised her

running out of time to carry on with their conversation. Linda had

Jinye glanced at Mu Zhi, “Wait here, I have more to discuss with you

expect me to sit around

 

but

she could only swallow

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

when boredom came over her, Mu Zhi got up to

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

pretend to be an ordinary

for looking after Mu Xiaomu

Mu Xiaomu if Mu Zhi had run

optimistic front, Mu Zhi insisted to bring Mu Xiaomu to school

as productive as

positive energy would ultimately disperse every night. The darkness of the night would tell her that sleep was a horrifying

of the day, she had

pass her time. But for reasons unknown to her, she

him. Thus, he cut the meeting short by a whole hour, concluding

were jaw-dropped. They could not comprehend how Lu

case, the team welcomed an

Linda was following closely behind. In the half-an-hour break, she needed to bring these documents to his

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

pointed at this desk, beckoning Linda to place the

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