Falling For The Contract Bride

Falling For The Contract Bride Chapter 203

Chapter 203 I Am Happy Just to Have You

Mu Zhi stayed where she stood and didn’t move. She was shocked still.

She did not expect Lu Jinye to spend this much time on this… Everyone knew that charity work took a lot of time and would be a long arduous process. If Lu Jinye was seriously invested in this, it would take up a lot of his time.

Mu Zhi had never thought that Lu Jinye would be the kind of person to spend time doing this.

She stood stunned for a few more moments before nodding towards Linda, indicating that she understood and let Linda go to complete her tasks.

She then quickly headed towards Lu Jinye’s office.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Lu Jinye arching his back and stretching his muscles. He kneaded at the knots in his shoulders. He was noticeably exhausted.

Mu Zhi did not knock. She left the door open and walked in.

Lu Jinye had his back facing her and Mu Zhi deliberately kept her footsteps light as she walked towards him. When she reached him, she gently placed her hands lightly on his shoulders. Lu Jinye turned his head to look at her in alarm.

He relaxed when he saw who it was.

“Why are you here?”

“If I didn’t come, how would I find out that despite how invincible Mr. Lu might seem, he still gets tired?”

Lu Jinye couldn’t help but smile when he heard Mu Zhi’s voice.

He turned and pulled her into his embrace. Lu Jinye softly said, “The only time I’m not tired is when you entice me. In fact, all other times, I feel pretty tired.”

This was a confession, albeit a suggestive one.

Mu Zhi snorted. She smiled as she shrugged him off then turned to look at him. “I came to discuss something serious with you.”

“What did you want to discuss?”

Lu Jinye frowned.

Mu Zhi gave him a gentle look and smiled, “Just… I don’t think you need to do all this for me. Those comments don’t affect me.”

Mu Zhi’s heart was filled with gratitude as she said this.

With one hand, Lu Jinye pulled her back into his embrace and explained with a laugh, “I’m not doing this for you. I just want you to be happy.”

“I’m happy just to have you.”

Just this morning, she had never felt such freedom when she sent Mu Xiaomu to school. It brought her such joy.

When she found out that this was all made possible by Lu Jinye, she was touched.

“If it made you happy, then I’ll expect a good performance tonight.”

With this, the touching seriousness in the moment disappeared and Lu Jinye gave Mu Zhi a kiss on the lips.

When Lu Jinye’s grip on her loosened in that one peck, Mu Zhi pulled away from him and ran the opposite direction.

Lu Jinye smiled warmly as he watched her blush and panic.

Outside…

Xiao Qingqing stood outside Lu Jinye’s office. Her hands clenched in fists.

Lu Jinye! Mu Zhi! They were in love!

She had initially come to tell Lu Jinye that she didn’t need any more of his compensation. But now, seeing this, she could not help but feel betrayed.

This bitch!

Watching Mu Zhi smile so happily next to Lu Jinye irritated her.

That expression on Lu Jinye’s face as he looked at Mu Zhi was an eyesore to Xiao Qingqing.

The love he had in his eyes could not be hidden. When had he ever looked at her like that?!

Xiao Qingqing felt worse as she watched! She stood there unmoving in the doorway without pushing the door open. She could not stop watching. It was like self-abuse.

Mu Zhi laughed and clutched at her stomach as she sat on the couch, “Okay now, we have to stop joking around. I still have to go back to work.”

She looked up as she spoke and saw Xiao Qingqing standing in the doorway. Mu Zhi froze.

She sat quietly and stared at Xiao Qingqing.

Lu Jinye noticed Mu Zhi’s sudden quietness and looked at where she was staring at only to see Xiao Qingqing.

In a split second, the warm tenderness he had disappeared.

His voice was low as he spoke, “Go ahead first.”

Mu Zhi trusted Lu Jinye. She also understood that right now, all three of them were in an awkward position. If she stayed, it would only complicate things.

She quickly nodded and all trace of their earlier warm familiarity was gone. She slowly walked towards the door.

She was especially careful as she passed Xiao Qingqing.

When she left, Mu Zhi gave both Xiao Qingqing and Lu Jinye some privacy and carefully shut the door.

A heavy air seemed to descent upon the room the moment Mu Zhi shut the door.

Xiao Qingqing could tell that Lu Jinye had reverted to his usual cold demeanor.

So… Lu Jinye did not treat everyone this coldly and aloofly… He was only like that towards people he was not as close to.

But Xiao Qingqing didn’t mind. She smiled as she slowly made her way to him. She lifted her face to look at him coquettishly.

“Those big brand endorsements you’ve carefully prepared for me are really too thoughtful! I couldn’t have gotten those contracts on my credit alone.”

Xiao Qingqing smiled widely.

Lu Jinye’s expression was its usual coldness, “I know that it’s your dream.”

“Then I’ll need to thank you.”

Xiao Qingqing laughed mockingly at Lu Jinye and said, “My dream was to become a first-tier movie star, but I wasn’t able to. But then it changed to marrying you, my beloved. And now… I guess the heavens are playing a joke on me.” Xiao Qingqing laughed.

Lu Jinye did not answer.

He acted as if he did not hear what she had just said.

Xiao Qingqing was not bothered by this. She gently walked next to him. She put an arm around him and pressed her head into his chest. “Jinye, I don’t want riches and luxury anymore. Can you come back to me?”

“Qingqing, I have been quite clear with you.”

Lu Jinye did not come out and say that there was no way they could get back together. It would be too hurtful. NôvelDrama.Org exclusive content.

Xiao Qingqing laughed dejectedly, “Why is it that even though I got pregnant, you still refuse to give both me and the baby a home? Whereas Mu Zhi gets your love and you’re giving her child a home?”

She looked at Lu Jinye, a hysterical edge to her words.

Lu Jinye frowned at this.

He quietly looked at her. It took him a long time before he managed the words, “Sorry, Qingqing.”

“What use is your apology?! I just don’t understand how I have lost to Mu Zhi!”

Xiao Qingqing could not control herself from yelling at Lu Jinye!