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

comparatively much more

Zhi was giving him the cold shoulders, Lu Jinye managed to instantly melt her heart with his

her lower lip and nodded

“Thank you.”

expressed her gratitude

Jinye glared

despised her ‘thank

Linda had reluctantly knocked on the door to nudge

Mu Zhi, “Wait here, I have

expect me to sit around

 

but Lu Jinye had burst out of the room

she could only

meetings Lu Jinye held tended to be short and succinct. Understanding that, Mu Zhi was

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

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

would pretend to be an

was grateful to Jian Xiaoning for looking after Mu Xiaomu all this

time for Mu Xiaomu if Mu

Zhi insisted to bring

would try to be as productive as she

night. The darkness of the night would tell

she had lost the battle against

office, Mu Zhi was focused on the book to pass her time. But for reasons unknown to her,

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

jaw-dropped. They could not comprehend how Lu Jinye

the team welcomed an

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

She had a book

desk, beckoning Linda to place the documents on top

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