The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

After blushing like a naive little girl for a while, Li Lanni finally pushed the pillow away and thought of what to say to him. 

Then she remembered Madam Ji's confrontation. The joyful spark in her eyes immediately turned serene.

She couldn't get close to Ji Xiehan. If his mother didn't confront her, she might have let whatever was happening spiral into friendship at the very most. 

But now, after all the things his Madam Ji said t about her and her mother, she didn't even want to be his friend. She had better things to do than bicker with people from the Ji family. 

She turned her screen off and closed her eyes, deciding not to reply. 

Ji Xiehan waited for her reply for hours. He glanced at his phone for the umpteenth time with a frown. Was she ignoring him? He sulked. 'Why hadn't she texted him back yet?

She probably had not read his text yet and had gone for bed. That must be the reason! She would reply him the next morning after checking the message.

"There's no reason for her to ignore me, after all." 

Ji Xiehan comforted himself when he saw that she stiil hadn't replied back, and went for the bed after checking his mails.

Little did he know, she was going to ignore him for days. 

Indeed for the next few days, Li Lanni neither answered his calls nor replied to his texts. She would also slip away from Star Art International so fast that he wouldn't be able to see her if he went over after her class. 

Had he done something wrong? He couldn't help but wonder. 

Many days passed, and the one-month deadline his father had given him was almost over. 

He knew that his father meant it when he said that he would have to marry either of those two women if he didn't get Li Lanni engaged to him within one month. 

He also had a feeling that his mother was eagerly waiting for the month to end before starting to introduce women to him. 

He only had one week left. 

This wouldn't do. 

He thought about it then dialed a certain idiot's number. 

"Eh? Eh? Ji Xiehan finally actively called me? Is the sun going to rise from the west tomorrow?" 

Ji Xiehan put up with Lin Jian's chatter. He needed his help anyway. "Help me do something." 

"Of course you would only call me because you need help. You heartless profiteer!"Lin Jian ranted for a while.

Ji Xiehan was about to hang up when the motor-mouthed idiot said something more reasonable. "What do you need?" 

...

When he was done with Lin Jian, he felt his brain cells must have been depleted. He massaged his temples and sighed. So much for having friends. He grabbed his car keys and headed out of his office. 

Because he had rushed over, he had to wait for almost an hour before he finally saw Li Lianni exiting the building. This time, Cheng Yu was not with her. It was even more convenient. 

As soon as he saw her, he hurried over to her. 

This time, he saw it clearly. Li Lanni saw him and tried to slip away. 

He just had an inkling about it, but now that he saw her sneaking away, he knew that something was wrong. Thus he quickly grabbed her elbow just as she tried to rush away. 

"Ji... Ji Xiehan?" She gasped. 

"Don't try to evade it. You clearly saw me. Lanni, why are you avoiding me? Did I do something wrong?" He knew that he didn't have time and that she might just shrug him off and walk away, so he went straight to the point and asked the most important question when he had the chance. 

As expected, she shrugged his hand away and said coldly. "Mr. Ji, please behave yourself." 

Ji Xiehan's mood dropped by a hundred degrees. "Why are you suddenly being so formal?" 

"Since when have I been casual with you?" She muttered, rendering him speechless. She was right; Indeed, Li Lanni had always been distant towards him. 

Perhaps because she had been a little less distant lately, he must have read too much into it and assumed she was beginning to warm up to him. How naive of him. Of course she couldn't have started liking him so soon. He had gotten ahead of himself yet again. 

But still, there had to be a reason for her to become more distant suddenly. Why would she?...He thought of a possibility and felt his heart sink. "Did someone say something to you?" 

Li Lanni looked up at him blankly. 

"Was it my mother?" He knew that his mother didn't like Li Lanni. If there was anyone who would say something mean to Li Lanni to make her cold towards him, it had to be his mother. 

Li Lanni was awed by how fast he had managed to make a correct guess. But what was the use? The last thing she wanted right now was to be entangled in some melodrama with families she didn't even want to be affiliated with. 

"It's none of your business Mr. Ji. Please get out of my way." She said blankly. 

"How is it not my business Lanni? You are ignoring me. As the person being ignored, that's my business in every way. Not to mention that I..." He grabbed a fistful of air and cursed inwardly. He had almost blurted out that he loved her. This wasn't the right time to confess his feelings for the first time. 

"Excuse me." Li Lanni tried not to lose her temper as she pushed him aside. But there was nothing the strength of her little hands could do against a strong man like him. 

"Sorry, Lanni. I didn't want to have to do this either." He whispered, gazing deeply into her eyes.

"W-w-what..?" Li Lanni suddenly trembled. Something was wrong. His expression... 

Before she knew it, she felt her world spin then she was against the wall in half a second. Before she could protest, a sturdy body was pressed against her; then, she felt a cold and wet sensation on her lips. 

Her eyes shot open, her breath stopping for a second or two as her heart raced. 

Then the man pulled away from her and looked at her apologetically. "Lanni..." 

She snapped from her daze, suddenly realizing what had just happened. He... he kissed her? 

She raised her hand, and her palm landed on his cheek with a crisp resounding slap! 

Ji Xiehan was shocked out of his wits. He had more or less expected it but still shocked him. 

"How dare you?! Ji Xiehan, you disgusting man! You... you!" She didn't know what to say, so she pushed him away and ran all the way to the parking lot where the chauffeur was waiting for her. 

Damn it. 

Ji Xiehan couldn't run after her. He knew that would only make her more upset. 

He already knew she wasn't ready for that, but he still went ahead and kissed her. Ji Xiehan, are you such a fool? He must have left his brain in the office while coming. He grabbed at his hair and watched as her car drove off past him. 

He had messed up this time. 

...

Once Li Lanni reached home, she threw her bag onto her bed and dashed into the bathroom. She was determined to wash that pervert's scent off her even if she had to take thirty showers and splash a litre of perfume on her body. 

That annoying bastard, how dare he do that to her? 

She wasn't  going overboard. He should consider himself lucky that she was not suing him for s.e.x.u.a.l harassment. She had all the grounds to do so, didn't she? He had pressed her against the wall and kissed her! All against her will! 

She stood under the shower as the warm water cascaded over her bare skin. 

By instinct, she reached to touch her lips. It was the first time she did so since he kissed her. 

She closed her eyes and hugged her shoulders in disappointment. Just when she was starting to think that he was a respectable man. How could he take advantage of her? 

She brought her fingers to her lips once again, caressing them gently as she tried to forget that scene. But no matter what she did, that kiss had already happened. It couldn't be undone. 

She stayed in the water for forty minutes before she decided that she was clean enough. She clumsily got out of the shower and dried herself before wrapping her body in a bathrobe. 

She picked up the clothes from where she had dumped them earlier and took a sniff. 

She didn't know what she was doing either. Unsurprisingly, his scent was still lingering on her clothes. 

It was surprising, however, that their scents had combined into an even sweeter scent. It was neither too strong nor as repulsive as she had thought it would be. It almost made her imagination go wild.