Contract Lover - L.K Adaptation

86

Chapter 86 - Conscience ("every word of yours
hurts like a dagger. I don't feel that you have a
conscience.") (2)

Seeing Xiao Rose's anticipating and curious look, she
blinked a couple of times and decided to be concise,
"I am thinking about Mu Jungkook."

Xiao Rose's eyes widened immediately. And then,
her little cheeks blushed. "Aiya, Lisa-jie, I am so
envious of the two of you."

Xu Lisa pursed her lips helplessly but had no
intention to clarify the unimportant misunderstanding.
She fell back into silence.

The water in the river was surging and the cool wind blew inside the little apartment. There was already a layer of cigarette butts inside of the chic ash tray on the table.

It was already 10:30.

Mu Jungkook's face was cold like ice. Staring at the
clock for a while, he started unbuttoning himself. He
needed to go take a shower to clear his head.

And, at this very moment, he could hear keys jangling.

He looked up and saw Xu Lisa walking inside with
her keys in her hand, looking normal.

She kicked off her high heels and paused for a little
but when she saw Mu Jungkook standing in the middle of the living room. Then, with a happy look, she said, "Mr. Mu, you are home so early?"

She looked down naturally and saw his abdominal
muscles. And then, she turned away, a bit frantic. She turned around and put down her purse. "Did you just get home?"

Mu Jungkook just stood in the same spot that he was and looked at her bright eyes. He remained silent.

The anticipation and happiness in her eyes were
real. She wasn't testing him nor did she go and do
something that she shouldn't have while he was "out."

He didn't even want to bother asking her why she
called him tonight.

The minute that her lips curved, the entire night of
waiting was no longer important. As long as he could
have her by his side, so what if he was set up and
went bankrupt after he had followed through with his plans?

He nodded slightly. "Yes, I'm just about to go take a
shower."

She ran up to him and grabbed him by his arm.

"Wait, don't go yet."

"What's the matter?" he stopped and asked, looking at her with interest.

"There's something that I need to talk to you about."

She took off her fancy Brand B earrings and
casually put them down on top of the coffee table as
though the pricey jewelry was nowhere as important as talking to him. She put on a serious look.

She couldn't have looked more solemn. But all of a sudden, she was at loss of words.

How should she broach the subject? How could she
remind him to be careful without sounding like she
was interfering with his work? She was troubled.

Mu Jungkook's lips curled upward. He took a few steps over to the couch, sat down somewhat in the middle of it, and said, "Let's talk while sitting down."

Xu Lisa pursed her lips but she still looked
troubled - it didn't matter whether they were going
to talk about this standing up versus sitting down. But
he urged her with his look so she nodded, walked
around the coffee table and walked over to the
wider side.

As though he did that intentionally, he patted the
narrower side of the couch next to him and said,
"C'mon, Lili."

If she sat over there, her thigh would be touching his...

Xu Lisa felt that she had been tricked but she still
sat down carefully while holding onto the bottom of
her dress.

"What is it that you want to talk about?" He, on the
other hand, looked like he was in a good mood. His
look was sincerely as though he was very willing to
listen to what she had to say to him.

"I ran into Feng Namjoon during the red-carpet event today. I didn't know him before but that one time when you were drunk and Mr. Bai called and asked me to go and pick you up, I've inadvertently heard Mr. Bai bringing him up. So.... I got nosey and paid particular attention to what he was saying." She
watched Mu Jungkook's reaction closely as she talked.

After she was sure that he did not looked displeased
at all, she carried on. "Mr. Mu, don't be too trusting of him. He said to someone today that he is going to inject another round of investment into the Qin's. He also said that once Mu Sehun n has recovered, he would join hand with Qin Suho to plot against you."