The Overnight Chosen Wife: darling, kiss me deeper

"She’s so cute." Lanni laughed and gently opened the little girl’s hand, to take her hair out without hurting her delicate hand.

Xiehan observed her as her hands clenched into tiny fists, then she started drifting to sleep. He had to agree that she indeed was adorable. "Mmh she is cute. But not as cute as our daughter."

She raised an eyebrow at his absurd comparison. "We don’t have a daughter."

He nodded and put the little princess to sleep before facing Lanni. "We will soon and who knows? Maybe we have one on the way." he glanced at her stomach meaningfully, giving her chills.

"You joke around too much. I’ll go and get changed." She knew that it was impossible for her to be expecting a baby. They used protection every time they made love unless she was in her safe period, but that didn’t mean she wouldn’t appreciate it if an adorable accident happened and they ended up as parents.

The nanny returned, who had just gone out to find some food to eat. Since she had taken over her duty of taking care of the babies, Lanni stood to go and change. "I’m coming with you." Xiehan announced as he followed her out.

"Uhm... okay." Lanni hoped the nanny wasn’t paying atttention to them. Why would anyone need company when going to get changed?

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Two days later, in the city’s detention centre.

"Yun, you have a visitor." The wadern announced, and Old Master Yun finally looked up. He had been silent since he got arrested and luckily, no one tried to bother him and let him keep to himself. It was already bad enough that a wealthy businessman of his callibre had been detained by the police. If anyone tried to poke trouble with him, he would have gorged their eyes out.

He walked out of his room and the police cuffed his hands as a formality. He looked around when they reached the visitation area, and his eyes brightened when he saw Xiaoshi sitting on one of the benches.

"I knew you would come to bail me out." He smiled happily as he sat opposite her.

"That’s not why I’m here, father." She responded apologetically, knowing that he had expected her to bail him out.

"Why are you here?" Came his baffled question, as expected.

"I’m here to see you." She sighed softly as she looked at him, while trying to mask the sadness she felt. "I hope you have learnt your lesson, father. I appreciate that you were looking out for my happiness but that’s not how to do it." she scolded without sugar-coating it. It was not that she was not grateful, but she didn’t advocate for hurting innocent people for the sake of her happiness. "Besides, I’m happy now. He’s a good boyfriend."

He looked at her scornfully, wanting nothing more than to scold her. How could she even choose to be with a man like Han Xichen? If he had a choice, he would have ripped the damned baby out of her womb to set her free, so he would help her find a better man. But he knew his daughter well enough and knew that talking ill of the father of her baby would only anger her into leaving. He tried to change his approach instead.

"I did nothing wrong! Why won’t you bail me out?" He bellowed.

"You didn’t do nothing wrong... yet." She pulled her hands off the table. "The police found the bombs you had planted at the venue. Don’t you realize how many people you could have hurt?"

"It was all for you!" He insisted, and she shook her head.

"As I said, I appreciate it, but it doesn’t excuse the wrongs you did. I will try my best to help you get a lighter sentence. Aside from that, you have to pay for your crimes, father. I will wait. I hope you will revert to your true, kind self. Goodbye dad. " She stood and turned to leave, hoping that the next time she came to see him, he would have realized his mistakes.

Han Xichen was waiting for her outside the detention centre. He would have gone inside with her but he knew that the man would go crazy if he saw him. Besides, he knew that he would never hurt his own daughter, so he allowed Xiaoshi to go on her own.

She returned sad and dejected, it was not an easy feat to see her father in jail and not bail him out.

"It’s okay." He pulled her into his arms.

"Mmh." She nodded against his chest. She would have to get used to it.

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The next week on Friday morning, Lanni was the first to wake up.

She had barely slept the previous night despite having slept over at Xiehan’s mansion. She gazed down at his bare chest with a smile as she ran her fingers down his skin. Pulling out of her trance, she double checked his luggage and went to the kitchen.

She was almost done preparing breakfast when a pair of hands wrapped around her from behind.

"I’m still cooking." She raised the spatula to show him, in case he had not seen.

"Yes, you are. The eggs look as delicious as you." He rested his head on her shoulder as she resumed. She could only let him do as he pleased, or she would accidentally burn the sunny side ups.

When she was almost done, she shooed him off to take a shower before they had their breakfast by the kitchen island.

The clock ticked away the minutes faster than usual, making her wonder whether it had anything to do with the fact that she wished time would slow down.

As though noticing what she was thinking, he patted her head. "It’s okay if time flies fast. It means I will be back sooner." He consoled. He was leaving in about an hour, and it wasn’t easy for him either.

She nodded and finished her breakfast before they left for the Ji family’s private airstrip.

Aside from her, his friends and family were also here to see him off. Because it was a private airstrip, Luna and Xingyu had taken the opportunity to give their babies a trip and let them see how beautiful the outside world was. They had returned from their honeymoon two days ago and still had love written all over their eyes, as though they were the only ones who existed in their beautiful world.

It was the same with Lanni and Xiehan, only that they were hugging each other tightly, reluctantly to part. If only they could go together. If only the training could be done online.

"I will miss you so much my love." She nuzzled against his chest, as the pilot prepared himself to leave in a few minutes.

He kissed the top of her head longingly. "So will I. I will give you a call and write to you whenever I have the chance." He promised.

She pulled away while still holding his shoulders. "You know the drill. Don’t forget about me, keep warm when the weather is cold..." She started a round of nagging, which she had been doing at least twice every day. She even started getting scared that Xiehan would find her too naggy and grow tired of her, but the man found it cute which was a relief.

" And eat healthy?" He added the next item on her list with a laugh. "I will do all of that as well as think about you frequently."

"That’s enough. We want to hug him too." Complained Lin Jian who was standing at the side with Ruby, with flowers in their hands. Lanni had pretty much said everything they would say.

She chuckled and stepped aside for his friends to bid him as well. Wen Lin enveloped her son in a hug. "Your father did well and I believe that so will you. Do your best but don’t be too hard on yourself." She tried not to pull him back home, It was not easy for a mother to see her son leaving for long periods which happened frequently, but she didn’t have a choice.

Ji Huifen hugged her comfortingly and stated a few words to their son, then they hugged Ruby who was already starting to miss her brother.

"Don’t worry, we will take good care of Lanni. Take care." Xiaoshi whispered to him and hugged him.

He smiled and thanked them for seeing him off, then held and poked the twins one last time. They would be much bigger and older by the time he returned, so he savored the moment before putting them back. With a last kiss from Lanni, he entered the plane which took off soon after.

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Hello darlings, I’m sorry for not updating much lately. I’ve been writing this book every day for the past 3 months, my brain needed to rest. I will be back to normal schedule starting on Monday. Take care and stay safe everyone! ❤️

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Song recommendation: I’ll miss you—Kushal Chokshi