The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"Maybe she forgot about the date and remembered later, so she is late." He made yet another excuse for her with a sigh. 

The waitress appeared for the umpteenth time. "Sir, may I get you anything to drink?" 

"No." He gave the same answer he had given the past a hundered or so times that she had asked. Couldn't she tell that he was in a bad mood? If he wanted a drink, he would certainly ask for one! Would she need to bug him?!

It was not that he had not noticed the kind of look she had been giving him every time she made a trip to the private room. It was as though she was pitying him for being stood up and wanted to replace his woman. 

She was lucky that he was not the kind of man to throw his temper at anything that appeared in his line of sight. Otherwise, he would have yelled at her before shouting for the manager and having her fired. 

He glanced at the bouquet at the side. The petals had started drying up again. Some were even falling off. After having the waitress sprinkle cold water on them again, he glanced at the time with a sigh. It was almost midnight. Would she really come? 

It was hard to believe that he might have been stood up. All this while, he had wanted to call her and ask why she had not arrived but every time he was about to dial her number, he was afraid that she would not answer. Even worse, she might just answer and scold him for being delusional and thinking that she would be willing to go on a date with him. 

"But if she didn't want to come, why did she agree?" He asked the air, and the answer landed right into his brain. 

He had given her no choice. He had pulled a prank on her. At the time, he had stupidly thought that it was excellent but now, it was the most stupid thing he had ever done. 

He had made her agree to the terms of the bet: if she won, she could instruct him to do anything, and if he won, she would go on a date with him. Once she had agreed, he had said, "I bet that you cannot stab Lanni." 

He could not forget the shock in her eyes, how madly she had scolded him, then the cringe on her face when she realized that she had been pranked. 

He had jubilantly asked her to honor the terms of the bet, to which she rolled her eyes and said okay. That was how their date had been set for tonight. 

But now that he was here, waiting for her when the clock was just a few minutes away from striking twelve, he regretted spouting such nonsense. 

The more the clock ticked, the more convinced he was that he had pushed past the limit of her tolerance and that this was her way of making him give up. 

He looked up again. In five minutes, it would be midnight. Was there such a thing as a midnight date? He had never heard of one. It went without saying that she would not come. 

He grabbed the flowers from the table, leaving behind a few red petals and droplets of moisture. 

At this moment, the annoying waitress made another appearance. If he did not have Luna in his heart, perhaps he might have realized that she was a stunning beauty. However, he had no time to see her as anything more than a human being. 

"Sir, did your girlfriend stand you up?" She asked in the gentlest voice she could muster, then drew closer to him. "It happens sometimes. Some women just don't treasure a good man." 

"Get out!" He snarled. Her words infuriated him so much that he wanted to grab her neck and strangle her. 

The little waitress scurried out of the room. An angry man could be dangerous, geez! 

Before he really left, he decided to resort to the last measure out of his reluctance to give up. He took his phone and dialled her number. 

The call went through and he held his breath as he heard the first doot, the second, then the third. On the fourth and final one, he thought he could hear a familiar tone outside. Just as he tried to listen, the call connected. 

"Hello." The solemn voice resounded from the phone half a second after it reverberated from the door. 

In the next moment, the door was pushed open from the outside and at the doorway stood the woman he had been waiting for all night. She was wearing a red, floor-length evening gown that had a high slit up her thigh and had her hair styled in an elegant updo. It was rare to see her looking this feminine, but she looked tired. 

The waitress who had been trying to get into Jiang Xingyu's good books was flabbergasted. His girlfriend was so beautiful! No wonder he couldn't bother to look at anyone else. 

He was still stunned when she hung up the call and made her way to him. "I'm sorry." 

Her soft voice jolted him. All the sadness, despair and even anger that he had felt all night dissipated in a flash. He worriedly scanned her face. "Did something happen?" 

"Xiao Yu's brother got into an accident and we rushed him to hospital. She was so worried and I stayed to keep her company until the doctors said that he was out of danger. It was only then that I remembered that I had a date with you and decided to rush over. I didn't even realize the time until I reached here." She rumbled in one breath before sighing. "Oh god I'm so sorry. I really didn't mean to be late." 

"How is Xiao Ying?" He asked with concern written all over his face. 

"He is alright, he woke up. It was an allergic reaction kind of accident… luckily we got him to hospital on time." 

The man pulled her into a hug. "I'm glad you are fine." 

Earlier, amid his irritation, a part of him had been worried that she might have gotten into an accident or something. He had tried his best not to believe that such a thing could have happened to her. Luckily, she was alright. 

She wrapped her arms around his back for a moment before she broke the hug. "It's too late, right? I will make it up to you… how about we choose another day for a date?" 

A selfish part of him wanted to agree to the suggestion so she would have to fo pn another date with him. However, he didn't want to force her into something she would only do reluctantly. "It's alright. You honored your promise." 

Luna looked relieved and he was not usre whether he was happy or sad about it. She darted her eyes towards the seat. "Let's sit down. My heels are killing me." 

Jiang Xingyu promply made his way to the table and pulled a chair for her. 

He couldn't help smiling at her statement. She was not used to wearing high heeled shoes but she had worn them today just for this date. Not only that, she was also wearing a red dress. Paired with the atmosphere, they looked like an actual couple in love. 

Before he could state any comment, the waitresss appeared, but this time to ask whether to bring the food. Jiang Xingyu had made a specific special order. When he nodded, the waitress left and arrived with a trolley of food in a few minutes. 

She lay the table with several of her favorite foods, including spicy grilled chicken. 

"How did you know what I like?" She chuckled. 

"I still remember." He smiled.

Luna nodded. They had eaten out together several times in the past. Now that she thought about it, she didn't feel so guilty of the past anymore. It felt kinda sweet… 

"You must be hungry. Why don't we dig in?" All his sorrow had faded, leaving behind an empty stomach. 

Luna was famished too. She picked up her cutlery and stabbed a piece of her grilled chicken. In the next second after putting it in her mouth, she nodded in approval. It was the tastiest grilled chicken she had ever had. 

"Do you like it?" He smiled. 

"I love it! Do you want to have a taste?" Although it was a question, she did not wait for his answer before stabbing a piece and leading it to his mouth. Seeing her cheerful expression, he instinctiveky bit it off the fork. 

"It's indeed yummy." He knew she would like it since he had given the restaurant a special secret ingredient that his mother used when grilling chicken. He was familiar with this taste but the fact that she fed it to him made it yummier that it had ever been.