The Overnight Chosen Wife: darling, kiss me deeper

Night fell.

By the time the movie ended, it was already a little late.

"I’ll go to sleep now." Luna yawned as she stretched sleepily. "I have become quite lazy lately.!"

Even she couldn’t believe how clumsy she had gotten. In the past, she would stay up late effortlessly whenever she needed to, and it would not affect her performance the following day. However, lately, she still felt sleepy soon after she had dinner despite taking several naps during the day.

When Cheng Yu heard her lamenting, she laughed. "Of course you will be lazy. There are two of you now."

"Speaking of which, have you guys found out the gender of my little godchild?" Lin Jian couldn’t help asking.

Xingyu hugged his fiancée as he answered, "We decided to find out when the baby is born."

Lin Jian couldn’t take their displays of affection anymore. "Jeez... Ever since they became pregnant, they have been so lovey dovey. Luna clings to him now despite avoiding him like the plague in the past." He cradled his chin in serious consideration as he studied Ruby beside him. "I suddenly want to have a baby too!"

Ruby felt goosebumps rise on her skin. "Don’t simply spout such words!" She rebuked.

Lin Jian glanced at her flirtatiously. "I didn’t say I would make you the mother. Or could it be that you actually want to be the mum?"

"Shut up." Ruby blushed, her cheeks almost becoming as red as her hair.

"Eh? You are blushing. You think it would be awesome too, right? Actually, it’s not a bad idea. You are so beautiful, our baby will definitely be adorable."

"Ahem... I was planning to finish up a few Chapters of my comic before sleeping. I will take my leave first." Cheng Yu fled. This flirtatious man! If she continued listening to their conversation, it might soon turn R-18.

When Cedric heard her, he pretended to remember something. "I just remembered that we have a deadline. I have to submit the new volume in three hours. Adios!"

When Cheng Yu saw Cedric follow her into the room, she shot him a deadly glare. "Are you addicted to following me?"

Cedric smiled naturally. "Of course. We are sleeping in the same room now. Who else would I follow?"

She decided not to deal with him and walked to the bed. She sat in the middle of the king-sized bed and gathered her legs under her, then reclined on the whote fluffy pillows. When she was comfortable, she took her tablet and continued painting her comic.

She was yet to be engrossed in her work when Cedric took off his indoor sandals and climbed onto the bed as well, settling right beside her.

She looked at him in shock. Although she didn’t intend for him to sit on the floor, the bed was large enough to accommodate a whole family. Why did he have to sit right next to her? Inwardly groaning about having to shift from her comfortable position, she pulled the pillows supporting her back towards the edge and moved, leaving a large space between them.

She thought he would do his own thing but he dragged himself to her side, practically sticking onto her so she could feel his warm breath against her ear.

"What’s wrong with you?" She instantly exploded. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

He looked at her innocently. "I lack inspiration recently, so I wanted to read something else to refresh my mind. I’m sorry if that is a bother."

She still couldn’t comprehend it. "Aren’t there many comics on the app? You can read them."

"I have already read all the comics on the app." He responded.

She frowned and said, "Then download another comics app. I’m sure there are at least twenty of them in your application store."

"As an artist of Xia Yu comics, how can I run off to support our competitors?"

Cheng Yu would have called him out for making excuses, but her attention was caught by something else instead. If Cedric had finished reading all the available comics on the app, just how few were they?

She took out her laptop and checked the statistics immediately.

"This isn’t good..." She mumbled.

"What isn’t good?" He wondered.

She remained silent and continued focusing on the data. They had not recruited too many authors because it was just a startup company. However, now that she looked at it from a reader point of view, it was indeed a bit lacking.

There were only a few completed comics and most of them were either new or ongoing. It took long to complete a single Chapter of a comic, so the readers had to wait for a long time before they could get an update of their favorite comics. The downside was that it was rare to find many comics of the same type, since they were overall few to begin with.

So, although they were getting many new users, the old ones left at almost the same pace. She had been wondering why despite the efforts of their marketing and the awesomeness of the application, the number of users was not increasing as fast as they had imagined.

"We didn’t give enough attention to the long-term goals." She pointed out hers and Luna’s mistake.

"Uhm... Could you speak human language?" Cedric could not make head or tail of what she was saying.

She slammed her laptop shut. "We need a marketing director. We thought we could do marketing on our own but from the look of things..."

Cedric didn’t know when the topic suddenly shifted to the company but she had finally said something he could understand. "Did you say marketing director? Do you need me to introduce someone to you?"

"Thanks but no need. We will announce the vacancy when we go back to B City." She had yet to talk to Luna about this.

Cedric scratched his head. "I know. But have you considered the fact that Moonlight Studios is a new company? The first app is not even six months old yet, so everyone is still unsure whether it will gain a footing in the business industry or go bankrupt like many startup companies. Therefore, the candidates who will apply for the position are most likely to be those who have been seeking jobs in vain and have no choice but to try this new company. In other words, desperate people."

Cheng Yu tilted her head and looked up at him for the first time tonight."That made a shocking amount of sense, considering it just came from your mouth."

She then contemplated for a moment. "But the person you will recommend...will they agree?"

He ignored her indirect insult and nodded. "Don’t worry. She is very close to me. Actually it’s my sister."

"She won’t come." The ray of hope that had just lit up in her heart dimmed instantly. Why would Han Xiaoli agree to work under her? It would be good enough if she didn’t cause trouble for her.

Cedric was stunned. How did she come to such a conclusion before even hearing the details? Before he could ask, he realized the reason. She must have thought he was referring to Xiaoli.

He cleared his throat to stop himself from laughing. "I’m not talking about Xiaoli. I know you don’t like her."

"Then who?" She asked curiously. Did he have another sister?

"I have another sister, Natalie. However, she was born out of wedlock so the family does not recognize her. Putting this aside, she is the most talented marketing director you can ever hire. She has even worked for Feng Ji International before and only resigned because she wanted to get married."

Cheng Yu was in awe. "Natalie Han?"

"You have heard of her?" He found her tone amusing.

"Is there anyone who has not heard of Natalie Han? The golden hand of Feng Ji International, she graduated from a reputable university overseas and was even once the executive assistant of a European tycoon called Desmond Fort, before becoming the head of the marketing department of Preston and Fort Group." She sounded like she was talking about a god. After rambling on for a while, she paused and looked at Cedric suspiciously. "You are telling me that someone like her would agree to work for our puny little company? Are you kidding me?"

He grinned excitedly. "Why don’t you let me give it a try?"

"I will need to talk to Luna first, though." Although she had as much right in the company as Luna did, she still didn’t want to make such an important decision on her own and wanted to discuss with her first.

When she nodded, he was overjoyed. Great. Finally, he had a chance to prove that he was not useless.

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AN

Speaking of Desmond Fort of Preston and Fort Group, have you checked out my new book yet? Do take a look if you haven’t! An insanely handsome ML and second ML with drool worthy abs, not to mention a beautiful and intelligent—though a little scheming—FL. You wouldn’t want to miss out!

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