The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"What is it?" Lanni felt knots in her stomach. Considering how strangely Xiehan had been acting lately, it was impossible to not feel nervous about whatever was going on through his mind.

She held her breath for seconds until she heard him say, "I have to leave."

"Leave?" No matter how hard she tried to guess, she would never have come to the conclusion that she would hear such words so she was confused. "What do you mean 'leave'? Why do you want to leave and where do you want to go?"

He held her hand to soothe her emotions and calm her down before he answered her questions. "To an island. I mentioned before that I will have to take over the company, right?"

She nodded, but she still wondered why he had to take it over when he clearly didn't want to. When she thought about it, she concluded that he must be doing it to help decrease his father's work load.

"Every new CEO of Feng Ji International has to go and undergo intense training before taking over the company." He briefly explained. "Since I will take over the company in the near future, it is ideal for me to go as soon as possible."

"How soon?" She asked. From his tone, it sounded like it was rather soon…

"Within three months." He answered, much to her relief. Three months was better than three weeks or even just three days. She would have some time to spend with him before his departure.

"For how long will you be gone?" She asked after a few seconds and when she met his complicated gaze, she knew that it was where the bummer lay. It was probably a long time and she did not dare to try and guess it.

"Two years." He stated with a sigh.

"Two whole years?" Her voice lowered as her eyes widened in shock. "Why so long?"

"It should have been three. I negotiated with my father for a long time before he allowed a year less." He explained, making her understand why the matter had been bugging him for such a long time. He had to go away for such a long time and he didn't even get to decide whether or not he wanted to go, or when he wanted to do it. If only he was given an option, like going for three months every year until he had achieved all the qualifications.

Lanni sighed in defeat. If it was something that all the CEOs before him had done, he couldn't possibly wiggle his way out of it. Without needing to ask, he would not be allowed to bring any friends or family with him. She placed a hand at the side of his face as she asked, "Is it a very far away place?"

"Clauhan Island." He stated a name that made her baffled.

"Clauhan Island exists? I heard of it when I was a kid but it was later said to not exist." She blinked as she recollected the memories.

"That's because it's a privately owned island with almost no ties to the rest of the world. You cannot call or send messages to the inhabitants of the island—communication is one way to ensure the secrecy remains intact. The rumors surrounding it in the past were too deplorable. Despite this, it is a significant place that might have sent a few governments tumbling if it was destroyed." He explained.

"So they decided to term it as nonexistent?" She was baffled. She had searched the place on an online world map before and it was indeed nonexistent. When he nodded, she finally understood why communication was one way.

"I will not be allowed to return before the training period is over and I can only make one phone call every day and send out a single letter every week." He added, making her even more disappointed.

"So I can only hear from you once in a while." Her eyelids drooped. He had very many people to contact but he could only contact one of them every day. It was impossible for everyone who cared about him to gather into one spot to await his phone call every day so she could only hear from him a few times every month.

Who the hell came up with such a rule? That person must be a sadist.

He cupped her face and looked into her eyes. "Hey, don't be so blue, okay? We still have three months together. We can still complete our battles before I leave."

"It's not about the battles." It would still not be alright even if he was supposed to leave two years later. She leaned onto his arm and let out a breath.

"Will you wait for me?" He asked the question that had been bugging him the most. It wasn't that he didn't know how much Lanni loved him, but after Lin Jian constantly joked about him getting dumped for leaving for such a long time, he was no longer at ease and needed reassurance.

"Yes." She was baffled that he would even ask such a question. when she said that one word, she felt his tensed body ease in relief and couldn't help chuckling. Countless thoughts ran through her mind. It was not unfounded for him to ask whether or not she would wait for him. She had heard countless real-life stories of couples who broke up because one of them had to be away for too long for their other half to wait.

Insecurity was common, and if they started thinking of the possibility of her falling for another man while he is away or him having eyes for another woman as she waited for him, it would indeed wreck the trust between them. She took a deep breath before boldly asking, "Would you like us to get married before you leave?"

"What?" Her question caught him off guard and he had to pull away to pay more attention to what she was saying.

She had already said it but under his gaze, she had to gather more courage to repeat her words. "I asked whether you want to get married before you leave. That way, you can be rest assured that we are already husband and wife and that we belong to each other."

He stared at her in disbelief and when he finally processed her words, he pulled her close to him and wrapped an arm around her waist, placing his chin on her shoulder. "Thank you, my love. That's the most reassuring thing I have ever heard.

But I know you are not ready yet so let's not rush it just because I will be away for a long time." He did not want to selfishly push her even though he so badly wanted to make her his wife in the next second if it was possible.

"I thought you would be upset." He confessed.

"I am sad, and I will miss you very much, but I cannot hold you back from what you have to do." She wrapped her arms around his neck.

…

Cheng Yu slumped onto the bed in her apartment as soon as she got off work. Even though Luna had returned and was taking care of most of the matters at the company, something unexpected had happened so they had to speed up their plan.

After the attempted murder at Moonlight Studios, they spent quite a lot of effort to ensure the news remained within the company-while the other party vehemently tried to use it as a way to tarnish their reputation in the public eye. It was a good thing that they had Lanni and Lin Jian on their side, who diverted the news even though it was released.

When Cheng Yu learnt about what was really happening with the sisters and their family, she was baffled. Just when she thought she had seen it all.

Rolling onto her side on the bed, she gave Luo Chen a call. "Release the audio that Luna asked you to."

The young man was cooperative and didn't ask any questions before doing as he was told. Relieved, Cheng Yu waited for the public to listen to the voice recordings. She was about to drift to sleep when the doorbell rang. There was only one person who would seek her at such a time and that was Cedric, so she pulled herself out of bed.

Sure enough, the man was standing outside the door with a bouquet of flowers in hand. She let him in with a smile. "You didn't come to work today."

"I had to handle some matters at home." He explained as he sat on the couch. "Yu, how are you holding up?"

"Hanging in there." She yawned. The truth was that she was barely managing to go through with her tasks without messing everything up. If Luna was not there for her to look up to, she would have long had a mental breakdown.

Cedric's heart broke seeing her so exhausted. "It's almost done. When this matter is settled, let's go on a vacation, okay?"