The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"You cannot escape this time." 

Lanni looked up at the scary-looking man towering above her. His eyes were bloodshot with anger while his nose kept twitching as he closed in on her.  She stumbled and fell to the ground on her backside. The man pointed a gun at her forhead. 

"But why?" Lanni asked. "Why do you want to kill me?" 

"Because you should be dead!" He spat through huge gritted teeth, then he pulled the trigger. 

Lanni started awake. Her chest heaved up and down as her heart raced. She raised her hand and touched her forehead. She was sweaty but there was no blood, no bullet and when she pinched herself, she felt pain. So she was alive. It was just a nightmare. 

What scared her the most was not the man's face and eyes. Neither was it the fact that there were dead bodies not too far away. It was that in her dream, that girl who was supposed to her was not in the slightest bit scared. How creepy...

She swung her legs to the side of the bed and stood up,  looking around in a daze. 

Thin rays of sunlight seeped in through the white curtains. So it was already morning. She had unknowingly slept through the whole evening and night. 

This was neither her room nor Xiehan's bedroom. Where was she? 

"Xiehan?" She croaked and coughed to clear her parched throat. 

"Honey, you're awake." Ji Xiehan walked into the room as soon as he heard her call his name. 

Lanni hugged him, finally feeling safe. "Where is this place?" 

"We're in my office." He rubbed her back. Only then did he feel that she was trembling slightly. He looked at her worriedly.  "Are you alright?" 

"I'm okay now." She snuggled into his arms comfortably, to Xiehan's relief.

"I ordered breakfast for you. You must be hungry." Xiehan said and went to bring the food he had bought, after which he also brought her clothes which he had asked his butler to bring to his office. 

Because Ji Xiehan had work to do and meetings to attend, Lanni made her presence scarce and obediently watched a movie in his chamber. She only later decided to go to Star Art International to pick her things. 

"I'll take you there." Ji Xiehan closed the file he was working on and suggested when she told him where she was going. 

She went beside him and kissed his cheek. "Love, you have work to do. I'll contact my chauffeur." 

"I promised Aunty Li." He insisted, and Lanni was helpless. She couldn't retaliate whenever he threw her mother in as backup. Knowing that trying to convince him would only waste their time, she took her bag and phone from the chamber. Having someone else handle his work, Xiehan grabbed his car keys and drove her to Star Art International. 

As expected, Cheng Yu was worried when Lanni missed a class and upset when she learnt that Lanni was in fact giving up altogether. 

"Lanni, why would you give up now? You've come a long way." She lamented. 

"Xiao Yu, some things are just not meant to be. Perhaps I'm no talented painter or comic artist as I thought." Lanni kept her things into the car as she spoke.

"What does Aunty Li have to say about it?" 

Lanni stopped in her tracks. "I haven't told her about it yet." 

"Don't you think you should tell her when you make such an important decision?" Cheng Yu asked. Li Yuming would surely be ddisappointed. She secretly hoped that Li Yuming would convince Lanni to change her mind.

"I should." It was just that the previous day, the first place she went to after leaving Star Art International was Ji Xiehan's office. She hadn't gone home yet so she hadn't had the time to talk about it. "I'll tell her about it when I go home right now."

Cheng Yu looked like she still wanted to nag but Lanni hugged her. "Xiao Yu, let's talk all about it after your class tomorrow. Xiehan still needs to get back to work." 

Only then did Cheng Yu notice that Ji Xiehan was in the car. She waved at him awkwardly and bid Lanni sadly. "Fine. I'll meet you at 2pm. You better not be one second late." 

Lanni tittered, opened her purse and took out a candy which she stuffed into Cheng Yu's palm. "There there. I won't be late." 

Cheng Yu regarded the candy and glared at Lanni who had already escaped into the car. "What do you think I am, a baby?" 

She harrumphed and unwrapped the candy then shoved it into her mouth as she watched Ji Xiehan drive off. 

"You like sweet things too?" A familiar male voice pulled her out of her thoughts. 

She turned and when she saw that it was indeed Cedric, words tumbled out of her mouth before she could stop them. "What's wrong with you? You are everywhere! Why do you keep butting your nose where it doesn't belong? 

I do not want you near me, can't you understand? I don't want you near me, get it? There's such a thing as minding one's own business, sheesh!" She walked off when she was done. 

"Damn." Cedric let out a low laugh. "Someone's got their claws out." Why was it so cute though? 

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When Lanni arrived home, Li Yuming was in the living room. 

"What's with the box?" She asked, referring to the box that the butler had helped bring in from Xiehan's car. 

"Those are my things from Star Art International." Lanni chose to bring up the subject immediately. "I just quit my art lessons." 

Li Yuming was silent. 

She only spoke up one word a while later. "Okay." 

Lanni frowned in confusion. Okay? That was all? She had expected to be interrogated at the very least and in the worst case, to be dragged right back into Star Art International. This silent, unquestioning reaction was in every way out of her expectations. 

After throwing that one word at her daughter, Li Yuming went to the kitchen and made tea for Xiehan. After that, they chatted about random things. 

Not only did Li Yuming not ask a thing about Lanni's decision, she also asked what Lanni wanted to do now that she no longer wanted to be in Star Art International. When Lanni said that she didn't know yet, Li Yuming didn't react negatively to that either. She only urged her to give it time. 

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