The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Xia Luna took a careful peek outside. There were indeed about fifteen armed police officers outside. She had been found out… 

She was about to follow the order and go out when she frowned as a thought crossed her mind. All those police officers against one intruder? Not to mention that she was just a young woman and young women were usually underestimated. Wasn't this too exaggerated?  Perhaps there was someone else in the house and she didn't know about it? 

She heard the announcement again and knew that the police would flood into the house any second now. If she were caught, it wouldn't matter whether she was the one they wanted or not. She would still be arrested nonetheless. 

The police were looking up every window so her fastest exit, the master bedroom's window, was inaccessible. She didn't need to check to know that there must be one under the bathroom window as well. Besides, her time was already up. Even if she managed to distract the police and leave through the door, she might be captured by the surveillance camera she had tempered with. That would still help the police discover her.  If only she had carried her laptop in here! But she had left it hidden together with her shoes for ease of movement.

"Get in. Search every nook and cranny of every room! And be careful, she might be dangerous." Luna heard one of the officers bellow orders. 

Without a doubt, she was the one being looked for. 'What to do? Think, think think.' She thought as she looked for a place to hide. Fighting an unknown number of policemen was definitely not an option when she couldn't even beat Jiang Xingyu in their childish fights. Gah! Why did she have to think of him at such a dangerous moment? Her life was on the line now!

She scanned the wall, windows and roofs. How could a detective not have any place to hide in his home? Shouldn't he have a secret passage at the very least? But no, he had none. And the police were coming upstairs. She could hear their heavy, rushed footsteps against the floor as they made their way into every room. They seemed to split ways, and she saw the knob of the door to the master bedroom twist. 

Luna dashed into the closet and closed its door carefully just as the door opened. She knew it was an absolutely dumb move but she couldn't give up without trying at least. She stilled her body and stopped breathing when she felt someone near the closet. The person moved away and she heard them go to the curtain and search for her behind it. She hit her lips to stop a laugh from escaping her mouth. What did he take her for, a child playing hide-and-seek? 

"She's not here." He announced after a while. She felt his footsteps retreat away, followed by their conversation. 

"Not here either." Another said a distance away. 

"Not in the kitchen either." 

"Did you search properly?" The stern-sounding officer bellowed again. 

"We searched all the crevices." They answered.

"I see. She might have escaped. Hurry!" 

Then she heard their footsteps retreat as fast as they came. She breathed a sigh of relief when everything stilled down once more. That was awfully close. 

It was too dark in the closet and she couldn't see the time on her watch. She had left her phone too, in case someone called, so she could only count the minutes in her heart. After giving it a long time and making sure that they were really gone, she pushed the door open slightly and peeked outside. Everything was clear now. Her time was over and she definitely couldn't use the door now. But on the bright side, she had managed to escape being caught.  

She pushed the door further open but just as she did, she stopped in her tracks. 

"We caught her." One of the officers smiled. They were all standing near the window.

He walked over and  dangled a pair of handcuffs in front of her. "I knew she was still in here. Xia Luna, you are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say may be used against you in the court of law." 

Xia Luna felt defeated as the cold handcuffs connected with her wrists. Had she been so anxious that she didn't consider the possibility of being tricked? 

"Boss, isn't this a man?" Another police officer pointed out as he looked Xia Luna up and down. 

"Shut up. What do you know? She has been disguising as a man all along and today, I'm lucky because we were informed that she might cross-dress." The man responded, looking like he wanted to murder Xia Luna right away. "She's quite the naughty girl. She even took off her shoes and wore gloves. Habitual criminal, huh?" 

Xia Luna wa currently wondering who the heck told them about them crossdressing. No one had ever found out. She wordlessly let them lead her to their car that was waiting some distance away. The siren was off. No wonder she didn't hear anything until they were outside the building. Just how much attention were they giving her? She was not a serial killer, hey! 

She was still rambling mentally when she saw something—someone that made her heart skip a beat. Lanni… what was she doing here? She was actually speaking to one of the police officers. 

Xia Luna's lips curled slightly. So it was her. No wonder the police would know that she would be in male clothes. Aside from the Jiangs and Cheng Yu, Lanni was the only one who knww about her male disguise. So she had ratted her out… she should have thought so. 

What was this, revenge? If that was the case then she had nothing to say, right? So much for being sisters.

Xia Luna took a long glance and Lanni and met her gaze, mouthing the words "good job".