Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 127

Chapter 127 She Lost To A Contracted Woman?!

Lu Jinye arrived back at the villa only to find the living room filled with people. Among them was his secretary, Linda.

Lu Jinye walked to her side. Linda greeted him when she noticed his presence. Only then did Xiao Qingqing notice him. Her face was flushed and glowing.

“Jinye, you’re home! Look! Is this wedding dress beautiful?”

Xiao Qingqing lifted her arms and spun, allowing Lu Jinye to see the dress in its full glory.

However, Lu Jinye barely spared her a glance and turned to Linda, “It’s 8 p.m. You can go back now.”

Xiao Qingqing remembered that he had had Linda accompany Xiao Qingqing in the morning. And yet she was still here at this hour. This was not what he expected of his chief secretary.

This was a waste of time and resources.

After hearing Lu Jinye’s order, Linda was so grateful that in her eyes, Lu Jinye started to glow.

She quickly nodded and bowed, “In that case, I’ll be heading home, Mr. Lu.”

She then nimbly packed her bags and left.

Xiao Qingqing gave Linda a look but did not show her displeasure before Lu Jinye. She continued trying on dresses and slowly said, “Linda was with me all day trying on dresses. I’ve forgotten how many I have tried on but didn’t know which one you would like so I came home and tried on some more.”

Lu Jinye looked at the designers who were trying fluttering around Xiao Qingqing and slowly walked over. “How many has she ordered?” He asked.

“Miss Xiao picked out ten. She was hoping that you’d come and decide on one for her,” one of them reported.

“That’s enough. Leave the dresses here. You guys head back and give Miranda my regards.” Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Hearing this, the designers were delighted. It was as if they had received a pardon from a beheading. They happily packed up their things and left.

Only now did Xiao Qingqing realize that Lu Jinye was deliberately dismissing them. She pouted at him and said, “Jinye, why did you make them leave? What am I going to do now?”

Lu Jinye gave the dresses around them a sweeping glance and looked at Xiao Qingqing, “Are you not tired after a day of playing dress up?”

“In any case, a designer like Miranda is hard to get a hold of. She doesn’t usually entertain people. Although these people are her assistants, they are at a different level from other designers. You cannot take advantage of them like that.”

“I…” Xiao Qingqing was speechless. Was Lu Jinye saying that she was hard to deal with?

Xiao Qingqing was in fact, deliberately making thing difficult for Linda. After all, Linda was the one who stood with Mu Zhi against her before.

However, she couldn’t be too obvious with what she was doing so she made the designers stay with them too.

Despite that, Xiao Qingqing was still unhappy. But she was also afraid that Lu Jinye would misunderstand. So, Xiao Qingqing bit her lip and pouted. “Weddings are a once in a lifetime event,

especially if you’re marrying someone you love. I want you to remember me at my prettiest state.”

“You are already very beautiful.”

This was the truth.

Xiao Qingqing was a rare beauty.

Otherwise, she would not have been able to rely on her looks to get out of poverty.

His compliment pleased Xiao Qingqing. She spun round and asked again, “So, am I pretty?”

Lu Jinye gave a long look at her dress this time. The floor length wedding dress gave her an ethereal look and the curve of the skirt accentuated her figure.

Her hair was not styled and draped across one shoulder but there was still something alluring about it.

She was indeed beautiful.

But Lu Jinye did not understand why whenever he saw Xiao Qingqing in a wedding dress, it reminded him of Mu Zhi when she married him. At that time, they were in a hurry to get married and Mu Zhi had quickly picked out a dress at a bridal shop. It was the first year that Miranda had come to City A and many celebrities were interested in her designs. Additionally, it was during peak wedding season and their schedule was jam packed. By the time Mu Zhi had been able to make it, it was late at night and there was only one light pink wedding gown left.

Mu Zhi had no choice but to try that one on. The color of the dress set off Mu Zhi’s complexion. At that time, Mu Zhi had been pale from not having enough to eat, and the color of the dress hardly managed to bring out the flushness of her skin.

Despite that, Lu Jinye was still stunned by her beauty.

Maybe it was because it was my first marriage?

Lu Jinye thought.

After all, he did not love Mu Zhi.

When Lu Jinye was still pondering this, his phone buzzed from his pocket.

Lu Jinye did not answer Xiao Qingqing’s question and quickly answered his phone. The moment he picked up, he could hear Mu Zhi crying.

“Honey, what do I do? I can’t find Xiaomu. I’ve lost her.”

With that one word and the sound of her crying, Lu Jinye heart tightened.

Mu Zhi had always kept herself under control and had never made the mistake of calling him ‘honey’.

But now, when she was in a panic, the word slipped out.

“Where are you now? Don’t cry! I’ll be there immediately!”

As he said this, Lu Jinye looked out the window and saw the dark sky. A flash of lightning lit up the sky.

And suddenly, the sky opened, and rain came thundering down.

Xiao Qingqing stood nearby, wearing one of the most beautiful dresses in the world but her fists were clenched.

Lu Jinye’s tone, his anxiousness, was noticeable even to someone who hadn’t spent much time with him, let alone her, who had been with him for so long!

Xiao Qingqing gritted her teeth tightly. She was shaking with anger.

Whereas Lu Jinye barely said goodbye to her and left in a rush.

Because of how anxious he was, he barely noticed the rain until he was soaked in it. But he did not waste time coming back for an umbrella.

In the past, Xiao Qingqing would have used the weather to stop him but now, she could not bring herself to it!

So what if she stopped him?!

So what if she had used a child to stay with him?!

She had once again lost to that contracted woman!