The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

As soon as she woke up, Luna made a call to her sister.

"I know what to do with that traitor." She said through gritted teeth, partially glad that she had not been impulsive to kill him as soon as she found out the truth.

"What do you want us to do?" Lanni asked, and she sounded sleepy on the other end. She must have just woken up because she even yawned.

"I will find the slowest most torturous poison and have him take it. Perhaps he can still trust us if we pretend to be convinced by his explanations. If not, we could use someone close to him."

Luna suddenly regretted wrecking her relationship with him and thought that she should have pretended to know nothing. If the fake father-daughter love still existed, it would be much easier to poison him when the time came and there would be no danger because Xia Hanchen would never guess that she and Lanni knew the truth. She sighed. "Bummer. Anyway, the point is that he will be in so much pain that he will wish to die but he will not. I heard that there is one that can make the victim's insides deteriorate and corrode over a span of one week, before they eventually die of organ failure."

"Don't even think about that. " Lanni rebuked sternly, just when Luna thought that her idea was perfect.

"Why not?" She asked in confusion. Even she knew that her sister so badly wanted for the man to die in pain. It didn't make sense for her to reject the idea that would make the man undergo so much torture.

"That's too little torture considering what he did to us. We should make him suffer much more than that—I'm suddenly glad that Xiehan and Xingyu prevented us from killing Li Xiyan in the past. We can kill them together and make it so painful that they would forever remember it as ghosts." Lanni said sharply, making Luna smile. It turned out they were on the same page.

"I talked to Flynn earlier and he said that he knows how to end him." Lanni added. "He will drop by my apartment later today."

Right, there was Flynn. Luna recalled and was even happier. They had their brother on their side, and he had worked with Xia Hanchen for long enough to know things that she and Lanni may not know. "He better not show him any mercy."

"I don't think he is planning to." Said Lanni, and she was right. Flynn was indeed not intending to show any mercy.

…

The man was still seething in rage when he arrived at Lanni's apartment. He tore off the skin mask that he used as disguise and let off a low, evil chuckle. "I had already decided that I would not let him off for using and killing my mother. Now, he has the audacity to try and murder my sister and future nephew or niece? He really is digging his grave too deep."

He sat on the couch and smiled at nothing in particular. "I will not let him get into his grave that easily. I will hang him upside down and let him dangle inside it, swinging him and giving him the hope that there is a chance for survival. I will play with him like a cat plays with a mouse until I have enough fun. Once I'm amused enough, I will tear his head away from his body and let him rot in hell."

Lanni raised her hands to cover Luna's ears. How heartless…

But then again, the son of a murderer wouldn't turn out to be any different. The fact that his father made his mother suffer didn't make the situation any better.

"What do you plan to do?" Luna asked, having heard Flynn's words even though her sister had covered her ears.

"Kidnap Xia Hanchen." He said it like it was the most obvious thing and they were asking a silly question.

"How is that possible?" If it were that easy to kidnap Xia Hanchen, wouldn't they have done it already? While the man had been kidnapped before, it was merely an act to pull Lanni to his side so he would manipulate her.

"I have not been his son for all these years for nothing." Flynn snickered. "Soon, I will turn the acts into a reality and make him wish he never sired me."

"What's your plan?" Luna questioned, ignoring the hatred emanating from Flynn's entire body.

"Obviously, to lure him out of his house. This is where I will need your acting skills." His words were directed at Lanni.

"Me?" Lanni blinked and touched her chest as she questioned.

His gaze trailed between them before he said, "Both of you. And quite possibly your boyfriends too. Of course, you will be the one to pull off the acts, Lanni. The rest of us will handle things behind the scenes and ensure your safety.

"What do you need me to do?" Lanni asked, knowing that there wasn't much time and she would waste a lot of it if she started doubting her capabilities.

"Lure him into the place. Tell him that you are meeting up with the boss of an agency that wants to recruit you." Flynn explained briefly, giving her a piece of paper where he had written all the details. He had come prepared.

"You got it." Said Lanni, and Flynn told Luna what to do before leaving as mysteriously as he always did.

"Lanni, you are going to be so close to that demon." Luna was worried.

"You are usually the most fearless person, Luna. Why are you worried?" Lanni stood up to close the door before sitting back on the couch to practise what to say and how to say it.

"Do you trust Flynn?" Luna asked after considering her words for a while.

Lanni's eyes snapped to look at her sister. This was an unexpected question but she was not entirely shocked that it had been asked. "If you are asking whether I deem him as someone I can be close to and entrust my life to him then no, I don't. However, I believe that he indeed has the same goal as we do this time."

Luna took her sister's hand and held it, rubbing the other hand against her belly as she felt some slight movement. "I know this sounds pessimistic but Lanni, we had similar goals as that man. We all wanted to reunite our family–or so he made us think. And he made us believe he loved us."

Lanni could understand why her sister was troubled; she had been troubled regarding the same matter for some time too. Her lips slowly curled. "Luna, do you remember that in one of Flynn's videos, he asked…that man to spare someone?" She was unable to refer to Xia Hanchen as her father anymore and Luna understood her so she nodded.

"I rewatched the videos countless times until I understood what was going on, and I found out whose life he was pleading for." She continued under her sister's curious gaze. "He was begging for my life."

"You?" Luna was as surprised as Lanni had been when she discovered it.

Lanni nodded. "It was when I curiously walked through a door I was not supposed to go near. I didn't get to see what was in the other room but it was against the rules of Galaxis. He was going to kill me."

Luna took a deep breath and didn't know what to say. Sometimes she wished Lanni didn't remember anything from her training period in Galaxis Academy. Some of it was just too painful to remember. Luckily Lanni had learnt to be strong and didn't break down no matter what shocking secret came her way.

"I'll give him a call right now." Lanni stated, referring to Xia Hanchen. It would be best to contact him as soon as possible so they knew what to do if their plan did not seem possible.

The man sounded shocked when Lanni called him. They had fallen out pretty horribly after all.

He must have already planned to use the trick of reverse psychology on her, because he was quick to apologize. "Cupcake, I'm so sorry. I was under so much stress and your sister was suspicious of me. I'm sorry I took it out on you and said such mean things."

"Is that really how you think of me?" Lanni asked, feeling repulsed.

"Of course not. You are my precious daughter." If Lanni did not know the truth, she would not catch the mockery in the man's tone and might have believed him. He went ahead almost pleading. "Luna is already so mad at me. If you are angry too, I really won't know what to do."

"Are you behind the shooting?" Lanni asked, making it sound like it was the reason why she had called.

The man paused for a second and let out a slight snicker that almost went unnoticed. "Why would I do that to my baby? She misunderstood me."