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

more tender than

Zhi was giving him the cold shoulders, Lu Jinye managed to instantly melt her heart with his warmth. She was dumbfounded by the sudden

lip and nodded at him,

“Thank you.”

her gratitude

glared

her

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

Jinye glanced at Mu Zhi, “Wait here, I have more

me to sit around

 

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

she could only swallow

who prided on efficiency, the meetings Lu Jinye held tended to be short and succinct. Understanding that, Mu Zhi was prepared to

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

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 what dreams she had

would pretend to be

Jian Xiaoning for looking after Mu

time for Mu Xiaomu if

a bold and optimistic front, Mu Zhi insisted to bring Mu Xiaomu to school every day and

to be as productive as

night would tell her that sleep was a horrifying thing, making it difficult for

the end of the day, she had lost the battle

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

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

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

team welcomed an efficient

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

Jinye pushed the door open, he was greeted by a curled-up Mu Zhi soundly sleeping on the couch. She had a book on her forehead, forming a comical sight, but her body language

Jinye slowed down his footsteps. He pointed at this desk, beckoning Linda

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