The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Xia Luna pushed his arms off her gently. "No, Jiang Xingyu. I didn't tell you all this so you could join me. I told you so you understand why I couldn't and cannot be with you. Look, this is my battle, and I don't want to implicate anyone. 

I don't even know who I'm fighting against, and I'm pretty sure that whoever it is, I'm already their target. How can I let you put your life in danger for me?" 

Jiang Xingyu took her hand, placing a light kiss on her cold little fingers. "How can I let you walk into danger on your own? Xia, I would be a failure if I did that. My role as your man is to protect you." 

"My man, Jiang Xingyu? Since when..." Xia Luna was dumbfounded as she asked him.

Jiang Xingyu shrugged shamelessly. "I don't remember ever breaking up with you. You only left, but you didn't dump me. As far as I know, you are still my girlfriend, and I'm still your man. And the last thing I want is for my girlfriend to leave again because she feels the need to be in hiding." 

Xia Luna was rendered speechless. Why didn't she know before that this man knew how to twist facts so well? He was twisting logic in such a blatant way that she couldn't even find the right words to retort. Hell, she didn't even have the strength to retort. This was the perfect example of birds of a feather flocking together. No wonder he was a friend of Ji Xiehan. 

"Xia, let me protect you. I will not let anyone hurt you. I will help you find evidence to turn that woman in as well as prove your innocence. And if there's anyone else out there that needs to be turned in, I will help you find evidence against them too. I know I'm starting to sound like a broken recorder with my rambling in circles. But you get what I mean, right?" Jiang Xingyu continued fl.u.s.teredly. 

Xia Luna didn't know what to say. All her life, her battles have always been hers. She has never let anyone help her, not even her father. How could she just turn into a damsel in distress and need a knight in shining armor to save her? 

She was still racking her brains when her phone rang. 

Worry appeared on her face when she glanced at the caller's name. She glared at the man, who was still looking at her. "It's my sister. She must have been worried all night, thanks to you." 

Jiang Xingyu responded to her glare with a laugh. "Well…" 

Xia Luna glared at him once more and answered the call. "Lanni." 

Li Lanni sighed in relief when she heard her sister's voice. "Thank goodness you're alright. Did that man do anything to you? Should I find someone to deploy the police… no, should I hide a fifty-inch long knife and come to hack him to death?" 

Xia Luna burst into laughter. "Aren't you too fierce? He did nothing to me. Not like he would be able to do anything even if he wanted to." 

Li Lanni rolled her eyes. "I'm glad you are fine." 

Xia Luna remembered something and switched to gossip mode, forgetting the man beside her for a moment. "How did your date go? Did you confess? Did he agree… what else happened?" 

"I thought Xiao Yu was the most gossipy one." Li Lanni chuckled and sounded sad. 

Rage was evident in her voice as she said to her sister furiously, "What is it? Did the bastard reject you? How dare he reject my beautiful, intelligent, and perfect sister? Tell me where he is, I will beat him into a pulp." 

Her sister's thoughtfulness touched Li Lanni. "He didn't reject me. To be exact, he didn't even have the chance to reject me. Someone ruined the moment, and I didn't even confess." 

"What a bummer… I was hoping I would become an aunt nine months from now." Xia Luna groaned, not only rendering Li Lanni speechless but also Jiang Xingyu, who was sitting beside her. He stared at her wide-eyed wondering, was this girl seriously talking about that before him?

"Invite him out again. This time, confess as soon as you see him." Xia Luna said, talked about a few other things, and hung up. 

She was about to put her phone back when she felt her body float. Before she knew it, the man shoved her onto the bed and towered over her. 

She yelped in alarm, which was swallowed by him in the next moment. She felt his cold lips on her as he kissed her. He only paused when they were both out of breath. 

He said in a masculine voice, "Why don't you make your sister an aunt first?" 

Before Xia Luna could say anything, without any warning, he tugged at her shirt. 

Xia Luna instinctively pushed him off her with all her strength. Only her last strand of rationality stopped her from kneeing him in the groin. "What do you think you're doing?" She roared. 

Jiang Xingyu was startled awake. He ran a hand through his hair speechlessly. He must have been so muddled by the fact that she willingly opened up to him that he assumed that she still loved him. 

Also, he had forgotten that Xia Luna did not like to be touched or hugged, even in the past. It was only a few times when they shared a bed that she accommodated his likes and let him hug her to sleep. Last night, she did not push him away; it must have been for the same reason too. How could he take things far? 

Xia Luna bit the corner of her lower lip as she observed his apologetic yet pitiful expression. She grabbed his hand and played with it, trying to explain. "Jiang Xingyu, I do not hate you. But I do not love you either." 

"But you said you were willing to give me a real chance. Are you changing your mind now?" Jiang Xingyu had not missed that. 

"Yes, I said I was willing to give you a chance: and no, I have not changed my mind. As long as all these predicaments are over, we can be together. I will try to love you, and even if I am not able to, I will still treat you with all the respect and care you deserve. 

It's not that we cannot do this right now, but if we did, it would be because I feel indebted to you, not because I want..." 

Jiang Xingyu did not wait for her to complete his statement before he shook his head vigorously. "No need. We can do it when you want to." 

As a man in love, there was no way he would forcefully sleep with the girl he loves. He wanted to obtain her consent out of love. He knew that as long as she felt secure around him, she could fall in love with him. 

"Thank you for understanding… and not forcing me." Xia Luna smiled at his response 

Jiang Xingyu coughed. How was he supposed to answer that? 

A knock resounded on the door and saved him from the awkwardness. He hurried to open it. 

"Sir, I'm sorry for disturbing your rest." It was the housekeeper. "May I ask if you had made any order from Chou Boutique?" 

It was not that Jiang Xingyu could not order from that boutique, but it was a renowned women-only boutique. The housekeeper found it strange to see a delivery man from that boutique claiming to deliver goods for Jiang Xingyu. 

Jiang Xingyu was surprised too. 

He was about to say he didn't order anything when Xia Luna spoke up. "It's my order. Please help me pick it." 

"Okay." So it was the Madam. The housekeeper nodded and returned downstairs.

Jiang Xingyu looked at Xia Luna curiously. "When did you make any order, and with my card too? How do you even know my card details?" 

Xia Luna looked at him like he was a forgetful idiot. "I know the pins to all your cards. You should have received an expense notification from your bank." She looked at him while fidgeting nervously. "I can't use my own cards. You will not mind, will you? I will return your money in cash. 

Right. Also, could you give me a ride? I need to go somewhere, and you have to go to the office too, right? You can drop me off on your way."

When he saw her asking while fidgeting, Jiang Xingyu felt an arrow pierce through his heart. He ran a hand through his hair as his ears turned red. Why did Xia Luna look so cute right now? He almost couldn't resist kissing her lips. But he would probably get a slap for that, so he coughed to control his emotions and replied, "Wash up and get dressed then. I will wait for you downstairs."