The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"You have to believe me. This is fake!" Lanni insisted when she saw his blank expression. She knew it was hard to believe especially with the detailed screenshot that was supposed to prove that she had been chatting privately with Yu Guang and Lin Jian. She scrolled through the messages with a scoff. She had never sent such a message. Maybe Luna would have a way to prove that they were made up?

Before she could ask him whether he could check it for credibility, she caught sight of a supposed picture that she had sent Lin Jian.

"Uh…" She zoomed in the picture of the bare chest on the screenshot and showed it to him. "You know these are not mine, right?" She looked up at him hopefully, knowing he would know his wife's body better than anyone.

He didn't even look down at the screen. "I know you have nothing to do with this. You would never cheat on me."

She was relieved and confused at the same time. "But if you believe me, why are you making it sound like you don't? You've been ignoring me."

"I do. It's just outrageous." He took his phone back from her and took her hand. "I'm just thinking about it. Why would such a rumor come up to begin with?"

"I have no idea." She tried to think back into the past and shook her head. "I haven't had this kind of issue before."

This was the biggest problem, because the timing was just too odd.

"Wait. It's not a coincidence that I met Yu Guang, is it?" She spoke up when she remembered that it had all happened in the same day. He met her, then he called her for dinner and set her up by kissing her!

"It's definitely not. He had this planned all along." He confirmed her suspicion. "He has some nerve, putting his lips on my woman." He growled.

So that was why he was angry, she observed. Xiehan was possessive and didn't appreciate other men getting close to her, let alone one kissing her against her will. Yu Guang was going to be toast soon, not that she was worried for him. She was just worried that he might act in anger and destroy the only lead they had. "Honey, don't confront him yet, okay? Let's get all the information we need first. I'm afraid this matter is not so simple."

He hummed in response. His phone rang and when he saw that it was Lin Jian calling, he hung up.

Lanni frowned, puzzled. Why was he mad at Lin Jian?

Apparently, the latter was also shocked, because it wasn't long before he came stumbling in.

"Look what the wind blew in." Xiehan cracked his knuckles as he headed for the door where Lin Jian had just walked in.

"Xiehan, I swear. I would never betray you. No matter how beautiful Lanni is, I take her as my sister-in-law. I would never have that kind of feelings for her." Lin Jian vowed solemnly, almost dropping to his knees to prove his point.

Xiehan's gaze was narrowed at him. "Yet you sent her flowers."

Lin Jian scratched his head, aware that his action had been used as 'evidence' of their cheating. "She was in a terrible mood after what happened to her brother. I was only trying to comfort her platonically by sending her flowers. If you don't believe me, you can check the cards on all the flowers I sent her." He swore, looking at Lanni to help him prove that he didn't have any intentions behind the flowers.

Xiehan's expression darkened." Do I need to do that?"

The latter raised his hands in surrender. "Of course not. You trust your wife enough not to care what other people say."

Satisfied with the answer, a smile ghosted Xiehan's lips. "It's good that you are here, actually. Come here."

Before Lin Jian could react, he was grabbed by the collar and dragged towards the staircase.

"You can't do that! If you kill me, Ruby would never forgive you!" The man defended himself vehemently.

"Just shut your mouth." Xiehan continued to drag him away, worrying Lanni who had been watching the drama unfold.

"Xiehan?" She called his name worriedly. Would he really kill his friend?

"It's okay." He reassured her. "I don't want this matter to stress you out. Let me handle it, okay?"

"Okay but…" She eyed Lin Jian who looked like he was about to scream for his life. "You will not do anything to Lin Jian, will you? He tried his best to protect me."

"Do you think I'm that unreasonable? Don't worry." He patted Lin Jian's back, giving the man goosebumps. "After all, he did a good job beating that little bastard to a pulp. I can't blame him anymore."

Lanni was in relief hearing that. As long as Xiehan was not angry with Lin Jian, he wouldn't be tempted to do anything he shouldn't. "Okay. I'll be in my studio then."

The two men went to the study upstairs, one dragging the other, and as soon as they entered, Xiehan shut the door.

"Xiehan…" Lin Jian wondered whether his friend was really going to kill him.

"There is something terribly sketchy about that guy. Have you looked into his past?" Xiehan crossed his arms while leaning against the door. Lin Jian let out the breath he had been holding. So they were really here to discuss and nothing else.

He sighed in relief at the fact that he had done some investigation on his way here. "It's tricky. He had actual feelings for Lanni, which he had been harboring since they were schoolmates. He didn't even get married nor did he get close to any woman every since he confessed to Lanni."

He shut his mouth when he noticed his friend's scary expression. How was he supposed to speak when he was being glared at for merely stating that another man had feelings for Lanni?

" What are you saying?" Xiehan prompted him when he stopped speaking.

Resigning to his fate, Lin Jian cleared his throat and continued stating his analysis. "That he probably has high standards for the type of woman he would want to date, but it just so happens that it was misunderstood. If anyone were to guess, they would probably think it's because he is still hung up on Lanni."

Of course the brat was hung up on Lanni, Xiehan thought. He remembered him as one of her ardent admirers who he had thought were capable of competing him for her in the past. After getting together with Lanni, he had not cared to continue looking into the young man since he knew that she solely belonged to him.

"What has he been spending his time doing all these months?" He asked, to which Lin Jian answered,

"He has a startup and has been spending most of his days working on making a name for himself in the business industry. He is an ambitious man."

Xiehan responded with a grunt as he paced the room slowly.

"It's not odd that he didn't get close to women." Lin Jian flopped onto the couch. "Think about it this way, if Lanni were to reject you, would you be able to get close to other women?"

"Lin Jian, are you tired of living?" Xiehan growled.

"No." He raised his hands in surrender. "I'm not implying that Lanni would ever leave you or anything, I know how much you two love each other. All I'm trying is to think about it from his perspective. Don't they say that to catch a thief, you should think like a thief?"

When he saw that Xiehan's anger had calmed down, he asked, "As a man who loves Lanni, what is your reason to not find pleasure in other women? What makes her so unique?"

"She is just…different. I never met anyone like her in my life. All the women I've met dull in comparison." He answered for the sake of understanding the situation better.

"Cheesy but that's the point." Lin Jian rubbed his chin. "Maybe Yu Guang is waiting for a second Lanni."

"He is not getting her in this lifetime." Xiehan scoffed. There was no second Lanni. There was only one Lanni and she was his wife.

The thought of the last word made a chill run down his spine. When he looked down at Lin Jian, the latter looked confused as to why he had that kind of chilling gaze.

"Yu Guang will never be able to be with Lanni… unless she and I are no longer together." He revealed his speculation.

"Now you're thinking." Lin Jian crossed his legs. "I can't believe he would make himself wait for you two to divorce. There is no way he would guarantee that unless he is ready to make sure the two of you divorce."

"That brat!" Xiehan gritted his teeth. He wanted to kill someone!

"And whoever is backing him up." Lin Jian rested his elbows on his thighs. "I would believe him to be an ardent admirer who cannot give up on his love but he appeared out of the blue. I don't think he had ever thought of disrupting her life. He would have done so ages ago. The fact that he thought of making a move now only means… someone is backing him up."

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AN:

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