The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Lanni ran a hand through her hair. The hope she had left in her heart evaporated in a puff. "He must have known that he was unwell. Why didn't he say a word of it?"

"I don't know, Lanni." Luna sounded exasperated. "I'm going to the hospital. Are you coming with me?"

"Hell yes I am. I'm going to give him an earful of scolding for doing this to us." She grabbed a bag and made to leave even though she was only wearing his oversized t-shirt.

He grabbed her and pulled her back to his side. "I'll get you something to wear."

She nodded and waited for him to bring her a pair of pants and a blouse to wear. She changed into them at record speed and grabbed her bag, at the same time as he took his car keys. She rushed into the car and fumbled with the safety belt before ignoring it and looking up at him so he would drive faster.

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When they arrived at the hospital, she jumped out of the car and rushed for the reception within the shortest time.

Luna was already at the reception.

"Where's he?" She demanded impatiently. Luna grabbed her hand and led her down the hallways to Flynn's ward.

"Flynn?" She pushed the door open and rushed to his side. She covered her mouth with her hands as her eyes watered.

It was unbelievable that the carefree man who couldn't wait to make fun of her was currently lying helplessly on the bed, with his life hanging precariously on a thin thread.

His eyes were open but they looked lifeless against his pale face. Now that she realized it, he looked haggard when they last met in Italy but it was much worse now; it was as if life had been sucked out of him.

"Flynn." She whispered his name.

"You asshole!" Luna wanted to punch the hell out of him and would have done it if she didn't run the risk of sending him to heaven with one blow.

"Look who's here. Both of my sisters." He smiled as if the whole situation was anything to smile about. Lanni wanted nothing but to beat the crap out of him. She couldn't hold her tears back anymore. "Why didn't you tell me anything? Didn't we agree not to keep things from each other anymore?"

He looked away in shame. "I didn't want to worry you."

"Don't give me that crap. I'm more worried. I don't believe in any of that nonsense of keeping secrets about your health from your family to protect them from the truth." Lanni glared down at him and would have landed a slap across his face if she didn't forcefully ball her hands into fists. "Do you know what hurts more? It's thinking that someone you love is alright only for it to turn out that he has been feeding you a lie."

Flynn smiled gently. However, it looked like he was using up so much strength just to smile. "Someone you love. You love me, sis? You never admitted that." He joked.

"You idiot!" This time, she couldn't stop herself from hitting him.

Luna pulled her back. "Lanni, he's still a patient."

"And I still hate him." She rolled her eyes.

"Oh please. I know you love me." He scoffed and laughed at her reaction.

When he saw both of them staring at him like they actually wanted him dead, he sighed and stopped messing around. "I didn't want you to spend your lives taking care of me. I wanted you to enjoy yours."

"We've enjoyed it alright." Luna scoffed sarcastically.

He forced a smile. "Don't be like that."

They both ignored him but sat by his side. Xiehan dropped by to check if everything was alright, then he went to find them something to eat.

"I hope I can contact Veruschka. At least once before I die." Flynn spoke after what felt like hours of cold silence.

"Who the hell is Veruschka?" Lanni asked about the unfamiliar name.

"His girlfriend. The one he tried to dump when he realized that she was pregnant." Luna explained and turned to glare at Flynn for what he did.

Lanni looked at him for confirmation and when he didn't say anything to deny Luna's claim, she gasped in shock.

"What?"

"How could you? If you didn't want a child then why did you get her pregnant?" She stood up as if that would help her get the point across easily. "If you are not going to tell me that you dumped her because she had a child with another man, then you are the worst jerk on earth!" She snapped, not caring that he was unwell.

"Don't put it like that, sis." He chuckled at Luna before looking at Lanni. "Could you help me up?"

She scoffed and wanted to ignore him but helped him up anyway. "Speak."

"Why don't I do that once you sit?" He pleaded and she had no choice but to sit.

If he was going to say that the woman got herself pregnant by tricking him and he was not ready for a child when it happened, she would suggest adopting the baby once it was born. At least she was certain that she wanted a child.

"Stop letting your mind run wild, jeez." He laughed. "I love her so much, Lanni." He looked at her then at Luna. "But you know what's going on with me. I can't live for even a week longer. I know that I'm going to die soon. How can I Iet her have a child who will end up as an orphan anyway? I don't want her to have to bring the child up on her own, which is why I tried to talk her into having an abortion. At least that way, she will move on after my death. She will not have a baby to keep reminding her of the man who is no longer alive."

Luna wiped the tears she didn't know were rolling from her eyes.

"Why didn't you consider what she wanted? Do you realize that by suggesting what you told her to do, you hurt her feelings even more?

What if she didn't mind having your child in your absence?"

"But I will not even be there when the child is born. What kind of father will that make me? She doesn't have a family so who will take care of her?" He argued.

Lanni held his hand. "That's what you think. But maybe in her opinion, it's much better to have this child who will be her only family. They will be there for each other. Besides, how can you be so certain that she will move on if she doesn't have your child with her? It will be much worse. Not only will she have to move on from you leaving her, but she will also be grieving the loss of her baby. Are you implying that just because she hasn't given birth yet, the baby isn't important to her?"

He looked away in shame. "I didn't mean it that way."

She continued patting her hand and swallowed past the lump in her throat. She had always thought that death was painful but that was until she thought about Flynn's situation. How must it feel to live the rest of your life knowing that it was short? He must have felt life slipping out of him every day and couldn't do anything about it. How painful must it have been?

Wait. How could they be so certain that nothing could be done? She wanted to ask about the treatment he had been receiving since he came to the hospital.

Before she could open her mouth, the door was pushed open in the slightest as though whoever was outside it was asking for permission to come in.

"Come in." Luna called.

Xiehan walked in with food flasks and arranged the food on the table. He also poured a glass of milk each for Lanni and Luna.

"Can I not drink it?" Luna groaned.

"If your husband says you can skip it." He deadpanned, knowing that Xingyu wouldn't say yes to that.

He then went to Lanni's side and looked at Flynn. "Do you mind letting my friend check on you? He is a doctor."

"There's no need." Flynn dismissed and opened his mouth to eat the food that Lanni was feeding him.

Lanni pursed her lips as her hand weakened. Was it a terminal illness?