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

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

and

“Thank you.”

gratitude in

Jinye glared at

despised her ‘thank

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

Zhi, “Wait here, I have more to discuss

sit around and

 

but Lu Jinye had burst out of

she could

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

when boredom came over her, Mu Zhi got

The slightest sound in the middle of the night would startle her awake, and she would wake up in the morning to

pretend to be an ordinary person by the

Xiaoning for looking after Mu Xiaomu all this

would not hesitate to make time for Mu Xiaomu if Mu Zhi had

insisted to bring Mu Xiaomu to school every day and cook up large meals for the three

to be as productive as she could

of the night would tell her that sleep was

the end of the day, she had lost the

the book to pass her time. But for reasons unknown to her, she had hardly read a few pages before drowsiness struck

expecting him. Thus, he cut the meeting short by a whole hour, concluding the meeting in an hour and

how Lu Jinye managed to produce at the rate

the team

the meeting, Lu Jinye headed straight towards his office while Linda was following closely behind. In the half-an-hour break,

Mu Zhi soundly sleeping on the couch. She had a book on her forehead,

Jinye slowed down his footsteps. He pointed at this desk, beckoning Linda to place the documents on top of

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