The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

By the time evening came, Luna was so tired that she wanted nothing but to kick her heels off and slump onto a random chair to take a nap. Noticing her discomfort, Xingyu stood up to leave the hall and when he returned, a pair of flat sandals appeared beside her feet.

She impatiently took off her high heels and slid her feet into the sandals. "Thank you."

"If you want to thank me, don't make yourself suffer silently." He scolded her. She had been wearing high heels for the last four hours and if he wasn't paying attention, she would have hid her discomfort.

"I didn't want to trouble you over trivial matters. Besides, it's our wedding day." She explained, making his eyebrows knit closer.

"It's exactly because it's our wedding day that you should be having more fun than anyone else—not suffering just to give the guests a show.

"I'm sorry." She said softly, her fair fingers c.a.r.e.s.sing the back of his hand. "Can you not frown at me like that? The guests will think there is trouble in paradise."

He chuckled at her words and a soft smile remained on his lips.

As they spoke, his mother made her way to them.

"My dear, how are you doing?" Xinghe asked, and her question was obviously directed at Luna. Her own son had been totally forgotten.

"I'm fine, mother." She smiled.

The word melted Xinghe's heart, so much that her eyes stung. "What did you call me? Can you say that again?"

"Mother." Luna gently said the word.

Xinghe pulled her into her arms tightly.

"Are the two of you going on your honeymoon tonight?" She asked them. They were unable to decide before, and Xinghe knew that it was because of the kids. "Don't worry about Xiaomu and Linhou. I will take care of the little darlings while you're away." She promised, so they wouldn't miss out on anything because of the twins.

Luna was at a loss. "I would love to, but they are still too young. I will worry about them every second."

Xingyu didn't think they would be able to enjoy their time away either. Those two were such attention-seekers. They were only calm at the moment because they were sleeping. Else, they would be screaming their lungs out.

"How about we take them with us?" He suggested.

"That's a better idea." Her heart softened when she thought about it.

"It's time for the opening dance." Xinghe reminded them softly.

"We can't do it." Xingyu rejected the idea because Luna was tired, and she pecked him on the cheek.

"I can do it now that I'm more comfortable."

"Okay." Since the wife had spoken, he could only comply and stand up to hold his hand out to her. She gently placed her palm on his, and he led her to the dance floor where the music had started playing.

She was not very good at dancing but she followed his lead, letting herself enjoy the dance instead of giving a show to the guests.

"You are doing well, my love." He whispered in her ear, which surprised her. Now that she focused on it, she realized that she had not missed a beat nor had she stepped on him at any point. "It must be the magic of love." She exaggerated, despite having realized that it was because she was no longer wearing the troublesome high heeled shoes.

He chuckled as he let her spin before pulling her back against his body.

"Did I tell you just how beautiful you look?" He whispered close to her ear. She had changed out of her wedding gown to a white dress with much fewer layers and was floor-length, which made it easier for her to move around and dance. The dress was fitting around her upper body, making him swallow and try to keep himself sane. Heaven knew how much he wanted to drag her away to elope and be on their own, especially after catching several male guests staring at her in d.e.s.i.r.e.

He pulled her closer to him, showing off his left hand as a way to shoo them off and remind them that she belonged to him.

"You look so beautiful, my love. You almost stole the limelight from the bride." He complimented as he kissed her cheek, even though she would steal everyone's limelight no matter where she went.

"Luna would kill me." She joked and laughed, as guests started filling around them to dance.

"I need to change out of these shoes." She left the dance floor and hurried down the corridor of the hotel.

He followed her, and he was yet to tell her that they could step aside when they heard a stifled cry.

"It's Linhou, he's awake!" She rushed to the next room where the babies were in their cribs, in the company of a nanny.

The nanny was no longer in the room. Lanni stalked to the crib and poked the boy who then realized that there was someone in the room. He stopped crying as his bright eyes wandered around for a moment. She remained still, and he whimpered, flailing his tiny limbs and putting his fist in his mouth.

"Our little nephew is hungry." Lanni chuckled and picked him up, then took a milk bottle from the shelf. Sitting on a comfortable chair, she fed him as she rocked him. Xiehan watched at the side gently, his heart melting. Why was he suddenly starting to imagine Lanni as a mother?

Recalling that Xingyu had once complained about Luna having to wake up innumerable times during the same night because the twins fed almost a few minutes apart, he gently picked the sleeping Xiaomu and held her upright, making her wake up.

Lanni watched as Xiehan picked up a pink bottle to feed the girl, and when she was full, he started teasing and playing with her to earn excited mumbles.

Pulling herself from her trance of thinking too far ahead, she put the sleepy Linhou back into the crib.

"What are you thinking about?" He asked while gazing at her, and she shook her head. He raised an eyebrow, not believing that it was nothing. Especially not with the meaningful smile on her face.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" He teased her, moving to sit next to her with Xiaomu in his arms.

"And what are you thinking?" She feigned ignorance.

"That we would make an excellent pair of parents if we had a baby. Let's make one." He proposed in all seriousness.

"Don't joke around." She pretended to ignore him and play with her niece, who suddenly grabbed a fistful of her hair and was leading it towards her small toothless mouth.

"Didn't you drink enough milk?!" Xiehan asked teasingly, trying to gently open her hand that was closed tightly.

Lanni chuckled