The Overnight Chosen Wife: darling, kiss me deeper

After using up a crazy amount of effort, Luna finally managed to shove Jiang Xingyu into the bathroom and make him take a shower. Because all her male clothes were casual attire and he needed to go to work later, she helped him order a set of official clothes then dressed up.

When she was done, she went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

She was in the middle of cooking when she felt a pair of hands wrap around her abdomen.

"I’m cooking." She waved the spatula in the air to threaten him.

The man pulled her tighter into his embrace as he inhaled her scent. "You were so pretty that I couldn’t help it."

Luna pulled his hands off her. "Go to the dining area and wait for breakfast."

"Okay." The man left obediently. Even though he knew this was probably something that was only happening for the first and last time, a selfish part of him wanted to have the best of this moment.

Luna soon finished cooking and brought the meals then sat down. They had their breakfast in silence and finished it within half an hour.

Finally, it was the moment he had been dreading. He finally had to leave, and he would not have any reason to see her again.

"I should get going now, or I will be late for work." He said as he adjusted his tie.

"Okay." Her answer was curt and nonchalant, and he could not conceal the disappointment. He had thought that she would say something else... perhaps tell him that they would see each other some other day, or anything to express her reluctance to part.

Unfortunately, he was reluctant but she wasn’t. There was no way she would say such a thing. By the time his hand connected with the door, she had already sat down and was working on her laptop. Jiang Xingyu stole a final glance and opened the door, disappearing into the hallway. In the end, last night was last night; it was not going to turn into forever just because he wanted it to.

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Lanni arrived at work with ten minutes to spare. As she made her way to her office, Xing Han just happened to leave his office so they almost bumped into each other. Luckily, she dodged on time but her lips twitched. Why did it seem like the man had intentionally tried to bump into her?

What did he think this was, a melodramatic romance movie with the leads bumping into each other like no one ever has eyes?

"Beauty, it’s you!" The man looked pleasantly surprised. "You are even more beautiful than you were yesterday. Ay, my happy days have just began."

Lanni maintained her calm expression. Could he be any more fake? "Good morning, CEO?"

"Little Mumu, I already told you. You don’t need to be too polite with me. You can address me using my name. If you think my name is too troublesome, you can give me a nickname. You can even call me ’honey’."

Lanni was irritated, but she concealed a murderous glint behind her rectangular glasses. At the same time, she just happened to see an opportunity to end his fantasy and she gladly grabbed it. "Sir, you are my employer, so I can only address you appropriately. Besides, the nickname ’honey’ is already taken."

Of course, the second part was the main point. She was letting him know that she had a boyfriend. If that made him fire her, then so be it. There was no way she was going to tolerate another man continuously flirting with her even if it was for the sake of keeping her real job, much less this fake one.

As expected, the man’s face froze at her words. "Is that so?"

Lanni knew she had passed the point across, so she was relieved. "Yes. If there is nothing else..."

She was about to excuse herself and enter the office when the man shamelessly interrupted her. "Little Mumu, why are your standards so low? For a beauty like you, you deserve a man at least as good-looking as me, a man who take good care of you and who can perform well."

Lanni was rendered speechless by a certain person’s shamelessness.

Since he was choosing to attack this way, she did not mind launching a similar counter-attack. "My standard is quite high, sir. The man has to be at least as good-looking as my brother to say the least. Of course, there are not many men as handsome as my brother in this world."

Xing Han’s expression crumbled. In terms of looks, he truly could not compare to Jiang Xingyu. Was this why the girl was not interested in him?

The more he thought about it, the more it felt it made sense. Indeed, with a brother as handsome as Jiang Xingyu, how could her standards for men not skyrocket? Besides, it was said that her brother doted on her to the heavens. She would probably only turn her head to a man who would pamper her more than her brother did.

"Does... does your boyfriend meet this criteria?" He couldn’t help asking.

"Yes. He is also very loving and... we will get engaged soon." Lanni intentionally looked love-striken but her feelings for her boyfriend were real.

Her words were like another atomic bomb exploding in Xing Han’s face.

While he was still pondering about it, Lanni made her way to the office to prepare for their first meeting of the day.

...

The meeting was being held in a high-end restaurant.

Xing Han walked into the private room with Lanni tailing behind him.

Seeing the beauty from above his shoulder, he forgot all about this morning’s conversation. So what if she had a boyfriend? That man was probably miles away and the one close to her right now was him. What was there to fret about? The beauty would be his in the end.

When they entered the private room, the other party was already taking slow sips of his wine.

Lanni and Xing Han sat down after exchanging a few pleasantries. She looked at Lin Jian like he was an alien. Who drinks wine so early in the morning?

"Young Master Lin, you sought me here today because..?" Xing Han got straight to the point.

Lin Jian did not hear him. He was currently scanning the woman next to Xing Han.

The man got uncomfortable and coughed. "Young Master Lin, you have excellent taste in women. However, she is..."

Before he could blurt out nonsense that would have earned him a punch from Lanni, Lin Jian cut him off with an exclamation. "It’s you!"

Lanni froze. Dead, dead, dead. She had been recognized.

What was up with this idiot?

They had already told him that she would be Xing Han’s secretary under an alias, hadn’t they?

Why was he scanning her like that?

Why did he exclaim?

"Mr.... Mr. Lin..." her voice trembled and she inwardly cursed.

"It’s really you! No wonder I thought you looked and sounded familiar." Lin Jian seemed to realize something.

"You know my secretary?" Xing Han looked at the other man curiously.

Lanni felt her heart leave her body. Could this man shut up? Would his mouth hurt if he kept it shut?

’I’m scr*wed. This mission is over!’ She cursed in her heart as she discreetly peeked at Xing Han, trying to find an opportunity to pinch Lin Jian and stop him from speaking. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Unfortunately, it was difficult with their position and the idiot might just loudly ask why she was pinching him.

In the end, she could only cross her fingers and start racking her brains for an explanation for later.

"Isn’t this Xiaomu?" The blabbermouth finally spoke.

Lanni sighed in so much relief that she was about to faint. She secretly shot him a glare. He did it on purpose, right?"

"Yes, you are right. My secretary’s name is Xiaomu." Xing Han smiled proudly.

"No wonder I thought she looked familiar." Lin Jian nodded in understanding.

"You know each other?" Xing Han asked.

Lanni crossed her fingers again, hoping he would not say anything nonsensical. According to everyone, she was Jiang Xingyu’s sister. She and Lin Jian must know each other but then again, they couldn’t be too familiar with each other since she had supposedly been overseas for many years.

"Of course!" Lin Jian looked overjoyed to see her. "Xiehan, Xingyu and I grew up together, playing with mud together, skipping school together and sneaking into the theme park together. Xiaomu would video call Xingyu every day and say hello to us too."

His tone was so reminiscent that even Lanni almost believed he was telling the truth.

"Say, Xiaomu, why didn’t you tell me you were back? Don’t you love your devilishly handsome brother Jian anymore?"

Regarding Lin Jian’s way of complimenting himself even while bullshitting, Lanni was speechless. Just how obsessed was this man with his looks?