Falling for the Contract Bride

Chapter 295 Do You Love Me

“Stop coming closer.” Mu Zhi hurriedly shoved Lu Jinye away and glared at him fiercely. “Do you hate me?” Lu Jinye asked with his brows slightly arched.

“If you won’t leave right now, I will.” Mu Zhi did not want to spare another second talking to Lu Jinye. Lu Jinye seemed to have cast an enchantment on her.

It was clear to her that she knew nothing about Lu Jinye, just like Jon Snow, and her rational mind had put in every effort to tell her to resist him. But her wall of protection would always collapse whenever she faced Lu Jinye.

Thus, she could only chase Lu Jinye away from the room. Lu Jinye was not bothered by Mu Zhi’s remark. He found a seat insouciantly, opened a bottle of wine, and poured himself a glass.

“I think we need a drink. Alcohol helps to soothe communication.”

Lu Jinye continuously challenged Mu Zhi’s limits. He sensed that Mu Zhi was nervous and was trying to hide something.

The more nervous she became, the happier Lu Jinye was.

It was a testimony of a void between Mu Zhi and her current husband.

And the void was a terrifying abyss in Mu Zhi’s eyes.

Mu Zhi could not bear to spend another second in the same room alone with Lu Jinye.

Just as Lu Jinye raised the glass in the air, beckoning to offer it to Mu Zhi, she turned around decisively and walked out of the door, disappearing into the blackness of the corridor.

Lu Jinye gulped every drop of the wine. He stared at her as she vanished from his line of sight. The bitterness in his heart was comparable to the taste of alcohol, while the burning sensation in his throat was analogous to his blazing fury.

Mu Zhi went to the lobby. She was glad that there were emergency lights over there, and she did not have to stay in the petrifying dark alone.

It was clear to her that she was not petrified of the dark, but Lu Jinye.

Mu Zhi felt an excruciating headache. She sat on the couch to get some rest, gently massaging her temples in an attempt to alleviate the pain.

that Mu Zhi was in discomfort. She brought a glass of warm water and a hot

anything else I can do for

headache for a little. She smiled at the attendant, saying, “Nothing else, don’t let me keep you

anything.” The attendant

“Thank you.”

sorrowful sigh after the attendant

could give because what she needed was

left the lobby for a space

needed courage

the call was answered, Mu Zhi could hear that Xie Xiu was busy with work. “Actually, there’s

just tell me. I’m

tenseness in Mu Zhi’s voice despite her attempts to cover

“Then, let

were trembling

right now was

felt

“I love you, Ann.”

of tolerance. He managed

Zhi then asked Xie Xiu

came from the phone, followed by deafening silence. She could tell that Xie Xiu

everlasting. I will never forget the moments we shared growing up. I remember when you were eight, you weren’t allowed any sweets because your teeth were shedding. You wanted ice-cream badly at the time, I could see it in your eyes. So I told the chauffeur to bring us to the other end of the city, drew him away, and brought you for some ice-cream. You ate so much that day. But instead of

into a

next day. You even told me to bring

I such

you were fifteen. You told me that you wanted a flower because your classmate received one from the guy next class. I told you that there’s nothing special about a flower, but you got mad. You gave me the cold shoulders. But you were put in the limelight the next day. Your classroom was flooded with roses. It was everywhere, on the floor, the chairs, the desks… And the words on the blackboard wrote – To:

I brought you straight to the hospital in the middle of the night. We did multiple check-ups but could not find any issue with you. You insisted that you were in great pain. I was scared witless, I almost wet my pants, not knowing what to do. We went to

us to be together. Thus, we ended up bracing through all hardships to get the certificate.