The Overnight Chosen Wife: darling, kiss me deeper

"This is a prank, right? How can my sister be pregnant?" Lanni was in disbelief. It was impossible no matter how she thought about it. Luna wasn’t even close to any...

Her train of thought paused when she realized what Xiehan had just said to Jiang Xingyu. Congratulations?!

Did that mean Jiang Xingyu was the father of the child?

Now, that was more shocking.

"Does she know?" She asked.

The doctor, who was waiting for them to calm down before telling them what to do or not to do, shook his head. "The nurse will tell her about it once she wakes up."

Lanni shook her head and let out sigh after sigh.

Xiehan laughed at her expression of disbelief. "You still don’t believe it?"

She shrugged. "Well, you can always trust Luna to remain calm for ages and then unleash one brilliant feat when no one expects it."

The man laughed, then turned to his friend who seemed to be uneasy. "What is it? Aren’t you overjoyed?"

Xiehan looked like he would unfriend him or give him a punch if he spouted any nonsense about not being ready to take responsibility and wanting Luna to have an abortion.

"Don’t give me that "I’ll beat you up" look, okay?" Jiang Xingyu was caught between laughter and tears. "I’m going to be a father... and the mother to my baby is the woman I love. I’m excited, okay!"

"If that’s what "excited" looks like, I would not want to see angry." Lanni mumbled.

The man sat down, brushing a hand through his hair. "What if she doesn’t want it? I mean, she wasn’t even ready to date me. Would she be ready to have a baby with me?"

...

"I’m pregnant?!" Luna was in shock when she heard the news. She scanned everyone’s faces and burst into laughter. "This is a prank, right? I cannot be pregnant." Her shock was identical to her sister’s a while ago, jut no one was paying attention to that.

Lanni stepped forward. "No, Luna. It isn’t some prank. You really are expecting a child."

She scoffed. "Please. It’s impossible. I only had my period..." she stopped suddenly when she remembered just how long ago it had been. It was about six weeks ago. But then again, her period had always been irregular, so that didn’t prove anything. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Let them run another test. I’m sure there must be some mistake somewhere." She declared.

Lanni nodded and called the doctor over to specifically run a pregnancy test.

Once the results were out, Luna looked at the sheet of paper and shook her head. "This cannot be. How can this be happening?"

Jiang Xingyu had not expected her to dance in excitement when she heard the news, but it still broke his heart that she was devastated about it. When she settled her gaze on him, he so badly wanted to dash off and hide.

"I’ll have a word with him." She said weakly, and Lanni and Xiehan left the room. Now it was just the two of them, and he could no longer run away from having to hear her say about it.

She looked at him and sighed. "I’m sorry."

His heart sank at her first words. As expected.

She looked up at him to explain, "Xingyu, I’m only twenty; and forget about marriage, I’m not even in a relationship. Not to mention, my career just kicked off. If I have a baby now, my life will be ruined." She sighed. "Besides, my dad is so much against illegitimate kids. So I... I really can’t have this child."

Jiang Xingyu swallowed a gulp when he heard of her decision. The happiest news of his life was that he was about to become a father, but now it was turning to be the most painful news.

Even so, he couldn’t blame Luna, nor could he force her into having the child.

She felt her heart sink in guilt when she saw his deflated expression. "Xingyu, actually I... I was ready to be in a relationship with you. I was going to agree to be your girlfriend but this..."

"You don’t need to explain." He smiled, but that was not able to hide the hurt in his eyes.

Luna closed her eyes and sighed. She knew that some people would call her decision cruel but she couldn’t do something she was not ready to do. Not only would that hurt her, it might just end up hurting the child all its life.

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Lanni was about to leave first with Xiehan when the door opened and out of it came a devastated Xingyu. It took a second for her to figure out what must have transpired between him and Luna.

She turned, only to be pulled back by Luna.

She gave him a confused and angry look. "I’m going to have a word with her."

Xiehan had also figured out what happened by now. He didn’t let go of her hand. "And give her an hour-long lecture about why she should keep the baby? I don’t think that’s going to work.

If she has already made up her mind, trying to force her to understand your thought of it is going to do nothing but strain your relationship with her."

Lanni thought about it and slapped her forehead. "You’re right. I was being impulsive."

As long as Luna made a decision, it was impossible to get her to change her mind. Besides, all she needed now was support. If she confronted her angrily, it would only make her feel like no one was on her side.

Xiehan studied his devastated friend and said, "I will speak to him."

Lanni nodded. "I’ll wait for you in the car."

Once Lanni was gone, he sat next to Jiang Xingyu. "Do you want to have a drink together later?"

"No need." He croaked, fighting back his tears.

When he couldn’t pretend to hold it in anymore, he broke down. "Have you ever got something you really treasured, then lost it before you even got to see it?"

Xiehan sat next to him. "You know, as much as you’re doing the right thing by not forcing her, you are the child’s father—you have as much right to it as she does."