The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Lanni drunkenly clung to Xiehan as they left the venue of the party. She sang songs that only she knew of, but it wasn't necessary to have heard the song to know that she was singing it wrong.

I have loved you carefully? What in the world was that?

"Xiehan, I'm an aunt!" She flaunted against his neck as he carried her to his car.

"That you are, and the cutest one at that." He put her inside the car. "And you will be the best mother in the world."

She sat up as though she comprehended his words. "Mother? But I'm not pregnant."

He looked down at her stomach meaningfully. "We can correct that when you are ready."

Hearing this, she grabbed his car and pressed her lips against his face. "Let's make one now. If we sleep for nine hours, we will wake up with a baby tomorrow."

He chuckled. She really was drunk.

Hearing his laugh, she looked up at him, his expression turning sadder. "Don't you want to have a baby with me?"

"I do. But we won't have it in nine hours." He explained to the impossible drunk.

"Then, when?" She asked.

"Nine months if we start now." He stated, unsure whether she would understand.

"You are right. It's nine months." She sighed tiredly. "Then, let's get to sleep. We can set an alarm for nine months later."

Xiehan was speechless. Just when he was starting to think that she actually understood him…

…

Meanwhile, Luna teased and tickled the twins who were wide awake even though it was so late at night. She fed them one after another then put them back in their cribs. These two were alarm clocks, she had concluded after a series of sleepless nights. They would often cry at night and had her wake up to tend to them, not that she was complaining. She loved everything about them and their cries reminded her that she was a mother—the most beautiful word in her dictionary.

Xingyu held her shoulders from behind as she rubbed Xiaomu's small body to soothe her, since the latter must have realized that she was no longer in her mother's arms and was making a fuss about it. She blabbered some incoherent soft sounds and fell asleep, and Luna pulled her tiny fist from her mouth with a soft chuckle. Her hands must be too delicious, they always somehow ended up in her toothless mouth.

"Thank you, my love." He whispered as he watched the heartwarming mother-daughter interaction, the same words he had been saying every day for the past one month. "Thank you for making me the happiest man alive."

"If you keep thanking me, I will grab the babies and leave you." She joked, pretending to be irritated. It was not fun to hear the same words every day at every turn. However, these words explained just how happy she was, so she didn't want to dim his enthusiasm. Not to mention, she felt the same way. Not only was she about to marry the best man in the world, she was a mother!

Xingyu laughed at her threat as he held her in his arms. "Love, do you have plans for tomorrow?"

She nodded. "I'm going to try out the wedding dress."

Before he could suggest going along, she pulled away. "You cannot see the wedding dress before the wedding."

He looked deflated and helpless, hearing that he didn't get to see her in her wedding dress. "But that's only a series of traditions."

"Maybe. But I still want to surprise you on our wedding day." She crossed her arms and chuckled at his disappointed demeanor. She couldn't help tiptoeing to pat his head. "Look at it from the bright side. On our wedding night, you will get to take the wedding dress off."

The thought got him excited but he shook his head soon after. "But we cannot make love until the babies are three months old."

She shook her head. "The point of that is to let the mother fully recover, but I'm alright now. I can even jump around and wear high heels and most importantly…." She closed in on him to wrap her arms around his neck. "I need you."

Taking her words as a cue, he carried her in his arms while softly kissing her lips, making his way back to their room.

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The following day.

It was the weekend, so none of the girls had to go to work. They accompanied Luna to watch her try out her options for her wedding gown.

"What do you think of this?" She walked out of the dressing cubicle in a strapless gown that must have several layers in its skirt. It was beautiful, but the girls shook their heads.

"That's so unlike you." Lanni teased with a chuckle. Luna didn't look like the type to love a fairytale wedding with a large gown.

The latter went back, to return in a gown whose train was long enough to remain at the entrance of the chapel even when she reached the end of the aisle. The women burst into laughter, not even commenting on it.

Luna sighed tiredly. "I used to think that trying on a wedding gown was easy. You know, every wedding gown is beautiful, or so I thought.

"You thought right." Cheng Yu stated. "Every wedding gown is beautiful, it's just that there are different kinds of women. Of course, they are not going to all suit the same woman."

"What are your options?" Lanni asked. Luna had not revealed her options before, because she wanted to give her friends a surprise.

Since she was tired of trying them and seeing everyone shake their heads, she sat down and took out the wedding gown album for them to look at. Her options had red dots on them, which allowed for ease of navigation.

Thinking about it, they requested for more tablets so that every one of the girls would have one of their own, then they selected all the gowns they thought would suit Luna. She then tried out the ones with the most number of dots.

"You look amazing!" Lanni exclaimed then next time her sister left the dressing cubicle.

"Oh my goodness Luna!" Cheng Yu wished she could take pictures to flaunt.

"Xingyu will cry throughout the wedding. You look too beautiful." Ruby went over to touch the hem of the gown that all of them-including Luna-had selected. It looked much more beautiful on Luna than on the picture, and its texture was unique and regal.

"Do you think we should let the readers know what the gown looks like?" Xiaoshi asked teasingly at the side, to which Lanni shook her head.

"Nope. Let them wait along with Xingyu to see it on the wedding day."

"Xingyu's going to hide you in his pockets lest other men see you and try to steal you away from him." Cheng Yu laughed.

"We still have a lot to do. Let's pick a pair of shoes and jewelry to go with the gown." Lanni sat down and browsed through the tablet for shoes and jewelry in this, as well as other wedding clothes and accessories stores.

…

Meanwhile, Xingyu tried on suit after suit with the help of Xiehan, Lin Jian, Han Xichen and Cedric.

"Go for white. One that will compliment Luna's white gown." Lin Jian suggested.

However, Han Xichen shook his head. "Go for a color that goes with every possible color of wedding gowns."

"He has a point." Xiehan seconded.

"Considering that Luna is not a huge fan of white, it's possible for her to pick other colors." Xingyu nodded.

"How does this guy know so much about women?" Lin Jian was in disbelief that Han Xichen had pointed out such a detail and it ended up being valid. "Just how many women have you been with?"

"I'm not a womanizer like you." Han Xichen ignored him.

"hey! How dare you call me that?" Lin Jian conceded in defeat, glad that Ruby was not present. Otherwise, it would have needed a lot of coaxing to convince her that he was no longer a player. If he ever had a son, he would warn him against playing around too much.

After thinking for a while, the men selected the suit they thought would be most fitting, one that would make him so handsome that Luna would fall in love all over again.

"This for a watch isn't bad." Xiehan pointed at a diamond watch, while Han Xichen showed Xingyu a brooch that just happened to be a great match with the watch.

"Tie…" Lin Jian brought over a burgundy tie.

"What the heck is that?" The other men didn't spare another glance at the tie that made their eyes sting from the odd color.

"Isn't this an excellent color? It's bright enough for a wedding." Lin Jian glanced at the tie again, finding nothing wrong with it.

"Did you see the color of the suit we chose?" Han Xichen reprimanded him.

"Ignore him. Let him wear that for his wedding." Xingyu taunted, making the rest burst into a roar of deep laughter and make endless fun of Lin Jian.