The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

After a night and morning of intense love-making, Lanni dragged her tired body into the bathroom to clean up. 

She leisurely took a shower and sat at the vanity to dry her hair. She paused every few seconds to peek at Xiehan who was making the bed from the mirror with a sweet smile. 

She was still entranced by his handsomeness when her phone rang. When she saw the digits on the screen, she jolted as she recalled what day it was. "Shoot! I'm late for work!" 

She turned off the hair dryer and urgently picked the call. 

"Little Mumu, you are late for work." Came Xing Han's nonchalant reminder. The man even laughed slightly after speaking. Luckily, he was in a good mood or else she might be fired on the second day of work!

"I'm so sorry… I will be there in the shortest time possible." She apologized quickly then menatlly cursed. What the f*ck was 'Little Mumu'?! 

"Ah, you don't have to rush, Little Mumu. I merely called to tell you that you can take as long as you want. You are in charge of looking as beautiful as possible, after all." He laughed. 

Lanni was so infuriated that she would have slammed her phone onto his face if he was any nearer. Was there anyone more nonsensical than him? She was pretending to be his secretary but those who didn't know any better would think she was in a fake relationship with him! How infuriating.

As soon as she hung up, she noticed that Xiehan was peeking at her curiously. 

"You are not late." He said. 

Lanni checked at the time and indeed, she still had an hour. She was incensed. "Why did that freak call me then? Is he itching for a beating so badly?" Lanni was inwardly swearing to give him a good beating once her mission was complete.

"I can deal with him if you want. He will not bother you anymore." He pulled her into his embrace, making it sound like it was easier than saying the words. 

Of course, it was if he wanted to. But… "No need. That would be like using a sledgehammer to crush an ant, don't you think?" She laughed at the thought of it. "Once I have gathered enough information, I will make him cry for his mom and yell for his dad." 

Xiehan chuckled as he tightened his arms around her, breathing onto her air. "I would love to watch that show." 

"My love, are you a bomb detonator?" Lanni slid her hands over his arms. 

"Am I?" He asked with a slight laugh. 

"As soon as you touch me in the slightest, my body explodes with want." She responded without the slightest bit of restraint—not that she needed to restrain herself in front of her boyfriend anyway. 

The man smiled at her words. "Then you must be a detonator too." His meaning couldn't be any clearer. "Should I take the day off work? I can help you ask for one too." 

Lanni scoffed at his shameless suggestion. "Of course not! We need to go to work." 

She pulled away from him, making him miss her immediately. Seeing his disappointed expression, she broke into a laugh.

She tiptoed to kiss his earlobe. "Good Xiehan, let's go to work, okay? We can roll around in bed all night tonight." 

Hearing her promise, he suddenly looked forward to that night. He pressed a light kiss onto her temple. "I will take a shower now."

_ 

The same morning, in Goldenwing Apartments. 

The rays of the sun seeped in through the gap left by the curtains that were not completely drawn. Luna fluttered her eyelids but could not open her eyes, the sudden light was too blinding.

She tried to adjust to the light so she would go back to sleep. Grabbing the pillow under her head, she hugged it and only then did she notice what was odd about it.

"Eh? Are pillows so warm these days? It feels nice too… since when were pillow manufacturers this considerate?" Feeling the comfortable pillow, she hugged it while patting it all over. 

Jiang Xingyu, whose chest had been mistaken for a pillow, was speechless. 

The girl kept sleepily moving her hands all over. "This… doesn't feel right. Why is the pillow moving, is it breathing?" 

It was only when she said "breathing" that she jolted, all the sleepiness vanishing in a flash as she recalled that she had not slept on her own last night. She had slept with Jiang Xingyu! 

"Morning beauty, do you like what you're seeing?" Jiang Xingyu winked at her, lying completely on his back to give her a better view. 

Luna really wanted to launch a kick at him. "You! Why are you so close to me, and why aren't you wearing your clothes properly? Where are your manners?" 

Jiang Xingyu languidly crossed an ankle over another. "Who am I to thank for this state? It is clearly because of your bad sleeping habits that I ended up this way." 

"What nonsense are you saying?" Luna was embarrassed. She wanted to admonish him more but she could not find any rebuttal, especially when her gaze landed on those perfectly shaped, hard abs and the chest she must have been lying on for the better part of the night.

"I'm spouting nonsense? Can you say that with a clear conscience? You are the one who rolled to my side.

Not only did you say my shirt was an eyesore and take it off, you also groped me endlessly—you harassed me all night!" Although Jiang Xingyu sounded like he was launching a complaint, his grin couldn't get any wider. It was the best night he had ever had. 

Luna was truly indescribable when asleep… 

As for the culprit, she cleared her throat and fled from the bed. She did not dare to look at Jiang Xingyu in the eye and dashed to the bathroom then turned on the shower. "It appears that I'm too dangerous when I'm asleep…" 

But how was she to blame? Jiang Xingyu was seriously too handsome and his body was perfect. She almost lost control touching it when she was awake so how could she control her hands when she was asleep? 

What was worse, she kept finding him more handsome lately. 

Once she was done taking a bath, she wrapped a towel around her body and exited the bathroom. 

It was only when she was out of the bathroom that she recalled just how short the towel was… she was used to leaving the bathroom this way when she was alone but with a man in her room, it didn't seem too appropriate. 

But it was too late. The man had already seen her, astonished by the sudden beauty in his line of sight and his gaze as he stared at her exposed thighs didn't do anything to make the atmosphere less awkward. 

She would highlight the situation if she ran back, so she feigned nonchalance and walked over to the vanity while trying her best to ignore the burning gaze on her body. 

The man looked away after a while. "I should take a shower too." 

"Yes. Go ahead." Luna was happy to get rid of him. However, she was confused when the man walked over to her and touched a lock of her wet hair. "What are you doing? 

"Touching you." He said like it was something common to utter. 

"Excuse me?" Luna prepared herself to launch a punch. 

"You touched me all night. Isn't it only fair that I get to touch you too?" He asked with an expression like he had been bullied. 

"What nonsense. You spent the night in my room so consider what happened as you paying rent." She blurted out the nonsense she had just come up with. Although his body was awesome and nice to the touch, that didn't mean she was simply going to let a man grope her.

Jiang Xingyu chuckled at her answer. What an excellent way to pay rent… 

Of course, he wouldn't give up without extorting her. "That was the second time. The first time was when you touched me on the couch. I seem to have paid too much rent. What should I do…" He pretended to ponder over it before suggesting, "How about I spend another night? That way, it would be settled."

Luna looked up at him through the mirror. "Jiang Xingyu, how can you be so shameless?" 

The man leaned over and touched her exposed shoulder. "What? After sleeping with me, Miss Xia doesn't want to take responsibility for my body?"

Luna had no way to retort. Wasn't it supposed to be the man taking responsibility after sleeping together? 

Gah! This man…! 

They did sleep in the same but nothing happened between them, so why was he uttering such words that could lead to a misunderstanding? 

Her image of a pure, innocent flower had crumbled to smithereens and there was no way to redeem it. Just what kind of demon had possessed her?