The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"What the hell do you mean?" Lanni did not let go of Xiehan's arm. No matter what Flynn had to say, it couldn't possibly be anything good. 

The man looked at their linked arms in disdain, his eyes calling her out for acting like a weakling. He ignored her hostile gaze and focused on things that actually mattered. "I'm talking about you being an undercover journalist. Don't you miss it?" 

Before she could say that she didn't, he added, "Did you really not enjoy working for Galaxis in taking down Xing Han?" 

She shook her head without a thought. She had been forced, okay? How could he ask if she enjoyed doing something she had been blackmailed into doing? Did he think she was a masochist?

"Not even in the slightest?" He pressed. 

Xiehan was displeased by Flynn's insistent questioning but he didn't want to force his own will on her so he let her answer on his own. 

She thought about it and didn't seem to get an answer. 

Flynn clapped once. "As expected, I know you best. Princess, as long as you have questions about anything, you will make sure you get to the bottom of it. This includes anything questionable about the people around you. It's in you. Besides, haven't you always liked the idea of getting into different personas? You would have made an excellent actress if you liked the entertainment industry, but you don't. Instead, you prefer taking the real world as your stage and acting roles that actually save lives and get rid of villains. Isn't this why you came to Galaxis in the first place?" 

"Are you still talking about me?" Lanni was surprised. Who was that strange person that Flynn was talking about? That was definitely not her… even though his words sounded familiar. 

The man looked surprised by her reaction. "I see you have not recovered all of your memory yet. I'll do the honors of reminding you. When you first became my trainee, I really didn't like you in the slightest. I thought you were nothing but a spoiled little girl doing things for the mere excitement of it." He reminisced. 

"I once asked you why you so badly wanted to be an undercover journalist, and you said that you liked uncovering the truth, and the thrill of acting as someone else while at it was exciting. When I told you to debut as an actress if you loved acting so much, this is what you told me; "Why would I want to be seen acting in fictional worlds? That's not thrilling enough for me. I like to take the real world as my stage—to get rid of actual, real life villains. Of course, if I save a few lives while at it, it would be much better. Not that I'm trying to be a superhero, though."

Lanni didn't think that was something she would say. She had always wondered why she went to Galaxis even when the people around her were against it, and now Flynn was saying that she was only looking for a thrill? That didn't make any sense. "Look, I will not believe you simply because you claim to know what I wanted, okay? If you will excuse us." 

Flynn laughed. "I know you might have said that to put me off since you didn't like me either. Anyway, my aim was to let you know that if you ever want to come back, the doors of Galaxis will be open for you. I will give you two weeks to think about it." 

"I don't need it, thanks." She pulled on Xiehan's hand and they left together. 

…

"Do you think you could ever go back?" Xiehan asked when they were in her car. She was driving since she was picking him up. 

She shook her head in disgusting. "I'm never going back to a group of people who only want to use me. They probably sent Flynn to convince me to go back. Xing Han's case must have been a test to evaluate whether I am still useful." 

Xiehan thought so too, so he nodded. He didn't want her to go back to that place either. But if she really wanted to go, he would not have forced her to stay, so he was happy that she had declined on her own. 

"Let's forget about them. I wanted to tell you…" he was still speaking when his phone rang. He chuckled out a "speak of the devil" and answered the call. "Aunt?" 

"Hmph. I'm surprised you even remember who I am." Lanni heard a gentle female voice harrumph. 

"I wad going to call you." Xiehan stated, earning a round of scolding from the woman. 

"You little brat! It's already bad enough that you forgot about me and now you want to pretend that you were about to call me as well? Do I look that gullible to you?" She complained. 

Xiehan let out a deep laugh. "How can that be? Why would I forget one of the most beautiful goddesses in the world?" 

The woman harrumphed, although she sounded more gentle this time. "What a sweet tongue you have. I wonder how many women have fallen under your charm already. Right. What happened to my niece-in-law? You promised to introduce her to me!" She complained like a kid who had been denied her promised candy.

Xiehan was speechless. Could she act her age for just a second? He peeked to find that Lanni's cheeks were flushed scarlet. Laughing, he said to his aunt, "I was going to tell her about you just now." 

"Really? Is she there with you?" She sounded excited, then switched to video call. Xiehan sought permission with his eyes and tilted the phone when Lanni let him. 

As soon as her eyes met Lanni, she gasped in awe. "She is so beautiful! Xiehan, where did you get such a beauty?" 

"Hello aunt." Lanni smiled, feeling weird that she was calling the other woman "aunt". She looked so young! 

"Good girl. No wonder Xiehan keeps rambling about you on every phone call. You are so sweet! Allow me to introduce myself." The woman smiled. " I'm Ji Meiling, the woman who was so unlucky as to have the punk beside you as my nephew. Oh, what mistake did I commit in my previous life?" 

"Aunt…" Xiehan grumbled a complaint, making both women laugh at him.

Lanni exchanged some small talk with the other woman, getting along with her in a flash. She looked young despite her age, making it easier for Lanni to communicate with her without too much age gap restraint. 

Aside from finding that the woman looked extraordinarily beautiful, there was also something about her that Lanni found suspiciously familiar. It was her eyes. Where had she seen those eyes before? 

She turned reflexively and studied Xiehan's eyes. After looking for a while, all she could see was that the shapes of their eyes were a tiny bit similar but aside from that, Xiehan's eyes were blue while the woman's were hazel. 

Even so, she was sure she had seen them before, and not just once. Was she thinking too much? 

After a while, Lanni decided to shove the thought off her brain. How many people were there in the world anyway? Perhaps she had met someone with similar-looking eyes in the past and she just happened to remember them.