The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"Why would you want to come to a jewelry store?" Lanni was confused. 

Instead of answering her, Xiehan helped her out of the car and led her into the store. 

As soon as they arrived, a salesman hurried to welcome them. "Mr. Ji, Miss Li, good afternoon." 

"Is it ready?" Xiehan asked as he led Lanni to seat on a chaise longue. 

"Yes." The salesman hurried into a section in the store, then brought over a jewelry box. 

Xiehan took it from him and opened it. When he saw the content, he smiled in satisfaction and proceeded to talk to the salesman about a few things that Lanni couldn't fully comprehend. When they were done, Xiehan held the box out to Lanni. Inside it lay a gorgeous, blue diamond necklace. 

"This… is for you." He said. 

Lanni was caught in between shock and joy. "How did you know I wanted this necklace?" 

"I saw that you wanted to buy it online but there were only two of them produced by its designers and they had already been sold, so you couldn't get it. Hence I got the designers to make a new one for you." He explained. 

She smiled and threw her arms around him. "Thank you my love!" 

He then proceeded to put the necklace around her neck. When he saw her touch it with contentment written all over her face, he smiled. 

As they exited the store and returned to the car, Lanni kept her gaze on him. She frowned when she noticed his furrowed eyebrows. "Honey, what's wrong?" 

"Nothing. I was just thinking about something." He shook his head. 

"Care to share?" She asked. Whatever it was must be the reason why he was restless. 

"I'm just wondering whether you will love me forever." Xiehan looked troubled. 

"What nonsense have you been listening to lately?" She chuckled, then held his hand. "Of course, my love. I fell in love with you, and that will never change. You don't need to have any doubts, okay?" 

Reassured by her words, he frowned at his own silly thoughts. Even though he knew that Lin Jian was a blabbermouth whose words were always mere chatter that didn't make the tiniest bit of sense, he still became restless when the blabbermouth said that women couldn't wait to get married to the men they loved, and that Lanni's not being ready could mean that she no longer loved him. But thinking about it clearly, how could Lanni stop loving him? 

"What happened at your office today?" He asked to change the topic, even though he had intended to find out later. 

"Nothing much." She didn't think Han Lili was too hard to handle. She simply needed a few days and the woman would be as tame as a kitten. 

Xiehan turned to look at her. "I overheard your subordinates say things like you were accidentally made the Chief Editor." 

"Accidentally?" 

He nodded. "When you went to the interview, your name was accidentally swapped with Han Lili's so you did the interview for the position she had applied for. When the top management realized the mistake, you had already been hired so they made her your assistant." 

He scoffed at the nonsensical tale. "This must be her way of making everyone look down on you and think you are incompetent. Do you need me to get rid of her?" 

Although he didn't mention it, they both knew that people thinking she was unqualified was not the worst outcome. With time, some would begin to question whether what happened really was an accident, or whether Lanni had bribed her way into the position. 

Actually, he was tempted to get rid of Han Lili without asking Lanni, so she wouldn't have to deal with such annoying flies. However, he also knew that Lanni wouldn't want him to interfere with her work matters without her permission. 

She scoffed. "You don't need to dirty your hands because of such a tiny bug. I will handle her on my own." 

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Days passed in the blink of an eye. Soon, it was the 3rd of March. 

The banquet was being held in a hotel owned by the Jiang family, and since there were not too many guests, they had managed to make everything perfect in such a short amount of time. 

"You guys are awesome. I owe you a life." Xingyu said to his friends in his dressing room. 

"It's nothing." Xiehan raised a toast to him, while Lin Jian blabbered nonstop about how he should be repaid. 

Xingyu was in a good mood so he did not chew him out. Adjusting the brooch on the chest of his grey tux, he snuck a glance at Lin Jian. "I've been meaning to ask, how did you manage to get Ruby to accompany you to this banquet?" 

Xiehan was surprised to see him enter the hotel with Ruby as well, considering how he had been whining the last time about Ruby not sparing him a glance. 

Lin Jian thought back to how he had been bugging her all week, and how he had promised to get out of her hair if she accompanied him to this banquet—a promise he was definitely going to break. "You have no idea." 

Xingyu patted him on his shoulder to wish him luck. "The guests are here. I'll go get my fiancée." 

Lin Jian clutched his chest to nurse his wounded soul. 

"When Ruby agrees to marry me, I will shove all of you with dog food to your deaths!" He vowed. 

Xiehan shot him a glare and ignored him to go and look for Lanni. 

… 

Luna's dressing room. 

Lanni, Cheng Yu and Xiaoshi helped Luna get dressed and did her makeup. When they were done, Luna stood up to look herself in the mirror. When she saw the beautiful, radiant young woman looking back at her, even she was awed by her own beauty. 

She had thought that the grey, body hugging gown would look too revealing but surprisingly, she looked beautiful without being too over the top. 

"Something is missing." Lanni brought over the gown's detachable skirt and fixed it onto the waist of the gown. When she was done, she circled her sister and blew a kiss. "You are ready to go, Mrs. Jiang. I bet your fiancé will wish to hide you in his pocket so he is the only one who gets to see your beauty." 

"I know right! Forget all the other men. Even I would want to steal you from him if I were a man." Xiaoshi winked, and the girls all laughed. 

"You girls are exaggerating too much." Luna chuckled, blushing. 

"I have an idea." Cheng Yu winked, and Lanni and Xiaoshi caught on what she meant immediately. 

"I know those naughty looks. You girls better not be up to anything evil." Luna warned seriously. 

"Yes, mommy." Lanni teased. 

At that moment, a knock resounded on the door. 

Cheng Yu was closest to the door, so she went to open it. When she saw that the incomer was Xingyu, she crossed her arms with an evil grin. "Good evening, Mr. Jiang. How's it going?" 

"Nothing much. I just came to pick my future wife." Xingyu looked proud of himself. 

"I see." Cheng Yu cleared her throat and looked back into the room to send a signal to the others. She then looked back at Xingyu, who already had a feeling that something bad was coming his way. 

"Mr. Jiang, Sorry, I will not let you take my best friend away today." 

"Wait, what?" He was flabbergasted. 

"Are you kidding me? This is not a wedding!" Exclaimed Lin Jian who had just arrived. Because it was just an engagement banquet, they had not prepared for this kind of stunt. 

Cheng Yu gazed at them and shrugged. "Whoever said it is restricted to weddings? We have Luna, so we decide the rules." 

"Yeah. Besides, Luna is such a perfect goddess. Do you think it makes any sense if you take her away so easily?" Xiaoshi added, having just pulled Lanni over to join in the fun. 

Xingyu looked at her in surprise. "Xiaoshi, you too? I thought you were on my side." 

Xiaoshi knew what he meant; Xiehan was his best friend and therefore, he was definitely on the groom's side. Since she was Xiehan's cousin, Xingyu thought that she would follow her cousin and be on the groom's side. 

But when she heard him call her name and say he thought that she was on his side, her heart inexplicably skipped a beat. 

She quickly shook the nonsensical thoughts out of her mind and crossed her arms. "Of course I'm on Luna's side. Before you take our beauty away, you will have to pass some tests. If not, we will just take Luna away and marry her ourselves." 

Lin Jian waved his hands urgently. "Please don't! We will pass whatever tests. Wait. We can help him out, right?" 

"Of course. But we can start with the two of you." Cheng Yu smiled. 

"My test is a question. If you didn't get together with Luna and had to choose one of us, who would it be?"