The Overnight Chosen Wife: darling, kiss me deeper

When Ruby left the study, she basically stumbled downstairs helplessly. She was sure that based on Xiehan’s gaze earlier, he didn’t truly believe her. However, it was still alright if he investigated since it would only prove that she was telling the truth.

Just as she took a turn to go to her room, a strong hand dragged her to the side.

"What do you want?" She asked sharply. Lin Jian had almost startled the life out of her.

The man gazed down at her flirtatiously. "Let’s take a walk by the beach."

She pulled her wrist from his hand with a frown and leaned against the wall behind her. "Everyone is going together later."

Lin Jian knew this, but he insisted. "Don’t you want to take a walk with me... Just the two of us? There is probably no one outside at this time so it will be cool."

Ruby nodded to his persuasion, she needed some time to cool off anyway. Hence, the two of them got changed and made their way out of the house.

Ruby wore a long, white skirt with a crop top, and had a pair of flat sandals on her feet. Lin Jian walked beside her, coincidentally wearing a white shirt and a pair of blue shorts of the same shade as her crop top...

Scratch that. He had seen the clothes she had changed into and deliberately worn a matching outfit.

He looked down at her as she walked beside him, the cool morning breeze fluttering her hair off her face. She suddenly sneezed and rubbed her palms against her arms.

Instantly, he shrugged off his white shirt and placed it on her shoulders.

She looked up at him curiously so he explained, "I don’t want you to catch a cold."

She smiled, her cheeks flushing a bit. Although the shirt was thin and couldn’t make much of a difference, her heart felt warm. Besides, she almost couldn’t hold in her awe when her gaze landed on the shirtless man beside her.

He noticed her gaze and leaned in flirtatiously. "Are you impressed by what you’re seeing? You can look for as long as you want—no need to be shy."

As he spoke, he paraded himself for her to have a clearer view of his body.

"Don’t be silly!" She pushed him away, her face blushing furiously.

Gazing at her beauty, he slowly inched his hand closer to hers uncertainly. In the next moment, he held her hand in his. She was startled and was about to quickly withdraw her hand but he held onto it tightly. "The beach isn’t very safe. You could get bitten by a crab or something... What will I do then?"

Ruby was flabbergasted by his poor excuse. Couldn’t he make up a better one? Anyway, she didn’t mind holding his hand so she shrugged and let him be.

A smile of satisfaction flashed his face. As a man who was used to charming girls as soon as they saw him, this was the first time he had to work hard to get a girlfriend. Even he couldn’t believe that he was being this gentle.

"Are you tired? Do you want me to carry you?" He asked beside her ear. She was yet to respond when he caught sight of a familiar figure strolling behind them from the corner of his eye. Upon closer inspection, he realized that everyone was following behind as well: Cheng Yu was leading the way while Luna, Xingyu and Cedric followed her. Behind them, Lanni and Xiehan were holding hands and laughing joyously.

"You guys are here too?" He asked Cheng Yu, who was the first to catch up to them.

Before Cheng Yu could answer him, Xingyu glared at his friend. "You snuck out on your own. How could you?"

Lin Jian scratched his head and blinked his beautiful eyes, thinking of an excuse. "It was the only chance I could get! An engaged man like you won’t understand."

"Go easy on Lin Jian. It’s not easy for him to get a chance to be alone with his beauty." Luna said to Xingyu, earning waves of teasing laughter from the rest.

She then glanced at Lin Jian teasingly. "Was there any progresss? Tell us, quick!"

Seeing how curious everyone was, Ruby was unsure how to respond. It was already awkward enough when Lin Jian pursued her in broad daylight, but with everyone helping him create sparks between them, it felt complicated.

"Just keep walking! Why do you have so many questions?" Lin Jian placed a hand over her shoulder protectively.

As they walked, they passed by a stall selling ice cream and cold drinks.

"Love, I want to buy some ice cream." Lanni tugged Xiehan’s hand like an excited child.

"Mmh." Xiehan patted his pockets. Luckily he had carried his wallet, so he let go of her hand and went to the vendor. He soon returned with two cones of ice cream, one with caramel topping and the other with chocolate topping.

Lanni naturally took the former and licked it with an excited smile. "Thank you! I didn’t know you liked chocolate ice cream?"

The man wiped the excess ice cream from the corner of her mouth using his thumb and naturally licked it. "Both are for you." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Lanni was even more excited than a child at this point. "I love you!"

In front of them, Luna eyed her sister’s ice cream jealously. She then tapped Xingyu’s hand. "Honey, I want ice-cream too."

Xingyu was dreading this. He pinched his nose-bridge helplessly. "No, honey. You can’t eat anything that’s too cold."

"Oh..." Luna looked miserable, obviously wishing she could get just a tiny bit.

In the end, Xingyu couldn’t bear to see her so disappointed, so he walked over to the stall and returned with a cup of yoghurt with a straw slotted in.

Although she couldn’t eat ice-cream, she liked yoghurt too so she took it with a smile and tiptoed to kiss his cheek. "You’re the best!"

At the side, Lin Jian watched his friends get complements and kisses for simply buying something so little, and decisively went to the stall as well. He bought chocolate candy and strawberry ice cream, both of which he presented to Ruby.

Not wanting to be left out, Cedric bought ice-cream for Cheng Yu as well, but she shot him a mean look.

Xiehan pressed his lips together and tried not to gloat, while Lin Jian and Xingyu burst into laughter.

Only Lanni was kind enough to explain to the guy, "Xiao Yu doesn’t like ice-cream. You can get her strawberry juice instead."

"Oh..." The defeated guy once again cheered up, and hurriedly bought a bottle of strawberry juice. When he returned, he unscrewed the cap and slotted in the straw for her, then presented it nervously.

Cheng Yu shot him a glance. "Don’t you get it? I just don’t want anything from you."

"He is just trying to make you happy, take it easy on him." Luna came to Cedric’s rescue.

"Luna is right. It’s just some juice, and you must be thirsty." Lanni went along as she finished the first cone of ice cream.

Ruby was still awkward around everyone, so she remained silent and focused on eating her ice cream, though she was of the same opinion as the twins.

After laughing at him for long enough, Xiehan, Xingyu and Lin Jian finally decided to speak up for him.

"He is always trying to make you happy but all you do is shout at him. Poor guy..." Lin Jian exaggerated.

"Can you really bear to see him so deflated?" Xiehan commented when he received an SOS signal from his girlfriend. Although Xingyu wasn’t in the best terms with Cedric, he spoke up a few words on his behalf as well.

Cheng Yu was speechless. These traitors! Under their persuasion, she reluctantly took the bottle.

They continued walking in a single row and chatting happily. Their destination was a resort that the guys had mentioned, where they would have fun all day.

After walking for a while, Luna started slowing down. Wordlessly, Xingyu stopped her, stood in front of her and crouched. "I’ll give you a piggyback."

Luna felt her heart melt by how fast he had noticed her tiredness. "Honey, you’re so sweet." She climbed onto his back without hesitating. She was wearing shorts so she had nothing to worry about.

Xingyu stood up and walked on steadily. He didn’t slow down even with Luna on his back.

A few steps later, Xiehan stopped and directly pulled Lanni onto his back. She adjusted herself and hugged him, resting onto his back comfortably. She smiled and kissed his ear, making them flush instantly.

"I’ll throw you into the water if you don’t stop." He threatened in a low voice. Hearing his threat, she stiffened and stopped fooling around.

"Do you want a piggyback ride too?" Lin Jian asked Ruby teasingly. She was indeed tired so she nodded and climbed onto his back.

At the side, Cedric looked at Cheng Yu meaningfully, but didn’t dare to voice his words.

Seeing that the other men were silently cheering him on, he gathered his courage. "You must be tired so..."