Chapter 449

By the time Ethan Lu arrived at their home, Lexi was already on the bed, with her laptop beaming on her lap as if she was reading something . She was too immersed in whatever she was reading and purposely ignored Ethan Lu, who just arrived .

“Hey . . . ” Slowly, Ethan Lu dragged the nearby chair from the side and placed it beside the bed .

“Hmm?” Raising her brows, Lexi hummed a tune as she slightly turned her head to his direction yet, her eyes were still glued on the laptop’s screen .

“What are you reading, my love?” Ethan Lu smiled as he slightly leaned forward and took a peek of what kept her occupied . There, he caught a glimpse of an article regarding the scandal about Abigail Fan’s artist .

“Just some article — what is it?” Lexi nonchalantly shrugged her shoulder as she now turned her head to face him . Laying her eyes on his exhausted yet still dashing front, Lexi leaned forward as she placed a peck on his lips .

“Have you eaten dinner? Let me prepare some . ” Smiling at the man before her, Lexi mildly patted his cheek before she closed her laptop and put it on the side . However, just as she was about to get out of bed, Ethan Lu gently held her on her hand which made her stop and looked at him with questioning eyes .

“It’s fine, love . I had dinner with Brother Mo . ” Ethan Lu shook his head as he stretched his lips upward . “If there’s anything I want, that’s you . ” He humored as he winked at her .

“Really?” Lexi chuckled at his last remark before she crawled her way to his lap . “That’s sweet . ” Snaking her arms around his neck, Lexi clung on him as she rested the side of her head on his shoulder and sniffed his refreshing minty odor .

“What happened?” After some silence, Lexi softly inquired . He was her husband thus, she knew that there’s something he wanted to talk about something in just a glance .

“Did you two argue?” Guessing what happened with his meeting with Morris Liu, Lexi asked . Well, she wouldn’t be surprised if they had a little disagreement as both of them had their egos and talking about business, they have a different style of dealing with things .

After all, her husband was quite aggressive — like a compulsive gambler despite all high stakes . On the other hand, Morris Liu might be a risk-taker as well but, he wasn’t as daring as Ethan Lu .

“Surprisingly, we didn’t . ” Ethan Lu chuckled as he shook his head sideways at the first thought that came to her mind .

“Then, what is it?”

“We had an interesting discussion — he wanted to borrow my wife . ” Recalling his meeting with him, Ethan Lu said the same exact ridiculous remark Morris Liu spouted . Upon hearing that, Lexi’s brows slightly knitted as she slowly drew her head away from him .

“Borrow your wife? You mean me?” Arching her brows, Lexi thoroughly scanned his side profile that revealed nothing but amusement .

“Mhmm . . . ” Slowly, Ethan Lu turned to face her confused front before he lifted his arm and traced her jawline by the back of his hand and stopped at her chin . His thumb then caressed her lips as his gaze peered at it for a long time before meeting her inquiring eyes .

“It’s about Mia Chen . Apparently, she’s now Kevin’s woman . Brother Mo is not convinced that she bears goodwill . Not to mention, we just reconciled with Kevin but until now, his relationship with brother Mo and Chris is severed . Suspicious, isn’t it?”

“So? What’s that got to do with him ‘borrowing’ me? Also, what does she wants?” Lexi tilted her head a little to the side as her brows were still arched in bafflement .

“Exactly, my love . What does she want? We don’t know so, we must know . ” Poking the tip of her nose, Ethan Lu grinned as he found her endless curiosity adorable .

“Does she want brother Mo? I don’t think so . She might be a bad person but, I don’t think she’s stupid enough not to know that regardless of what she does, brother Mo would never fall for her . Then, why was she clinging to Kevin? Did she really fell in love with him? Maybe, maybe not . That’s why we will find out . ”

“Huh?” Lost at the moment, Lexi tried to put the pieces together . She currently has Hannah Gan’s issue at hand and then Avah Tong . Thus, adding another crazy like Mia Chen on the list, she needed more time to absorb another scheme .

“Mr . Tang’s birthday is coming soon . Brother Mo will surely attend — Mom, and Dad will attend as well . If our assumptions are correct, Mia Chen was waiting for the right time where you and brother Mo will be in the same event . So, we can assume that she’ll strike on the same day . What she will do, I don’t know but, at the very least, I can make sure you’re safe . ” Summarizing their plan and Mia Chen’s possible attendance on the said day, Ethan Lu reassured .

He looked at her, who remained silent as she processed everything in one go .

“If nothing happened, we can assume she is truly in love with Kevin . But, if she made a move just like what we expected, we might gain pieces of information more than we expected . ” Cupping her cheek, Ethan Lu gently smiled .

“She won’t fall for Kevin . ” After some silence, Lexi emotionlessly uttered as if she was told about it . Which made Ethan Lu furrowed his brows in surprise .

“Alright, I’ll cooperate . I’ll contact brother Mo via emails . ” Ignoring the ‘how did you know’ expression plastered across her husband’s face, Lexi smiled as she agreed to be ‘borrowed’ .

However, what Ethan Lu failed to notice was the oddness of her smile and the faint glint that flashed across her eyes .

“But, are you sure you’re letting him borrow me?” Arching her brows, Lexi asked for the last time .

“Never . ” Ethan Lu shook his head as he responded without batting an eye . “But, I’ll let you team up with him, just this once . ” As he added his latter remarks, Ethan Lu smiled as he corrected the term . Alas, it was all too late as Lexi already perceived it as he was letting another man borrow her .

Hence, she’ll surely make him regret this, just this once .