The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"Please tell me that part is a joke." Luna looked like she wanted to explode. She glared at Cedric who was having fun talking to the guys across the room and was a step away from bursting over with a weapon.

"Luna." Lanni chuckled and grabbed her hand, then turned back to Cheng Yu.

"Did he really not know what was happening, or was that his way of getting out of trouble? Pretend he knows nothing until you give up and drop it?" Lanni asked, equally mad at Cedric.

She nearly couldn't believe it either. "He was serious. He thought I was kidding. That was why he was looking at me like a deer caught in the headlights. He was waiting for me to burst into laughter and drop the prank. That didn't happen, obviously, because it was not a prank."

"What does he have to say for himself?" Luna cracked her knuckles, itching for violence.

"If he admitted to cheating and you forgave him, then he is yet to see the last of me. I don't care what you think, I'm going to break his teeth out." She swore.

Cheng Yu burst into laughter. "Well, lucky him. That was not the case. He really didn't know. He was almost convinced I was accusing him randomly or hallucinating. I had to retrieve the security footage. Luckily, she was caught on camera picking his lock. That was enough to prove to him that someone had been to his house and to me that she was not his girlfriend. He would have given her a key or opened the door if he knew her."

The ladies let out a sigh of relief, but Lanni couldn't help being concerned.

"Are you sure that place is safe enough for you? Someone picked a lock and was caught on camera but was not found out until you and your boyfriend got into a fight? Yet nothing was done about her?"

"It's not safe enough, after all. Well, at least I'm certain of one thing. The girl only realized she had been caught on the surveillance camera much later. She tried to pay her way into having it deleted but it was retained in case Cedric had a complaint. I'd say that's something." Cheng Yu shrugged. "And, you guessed it. She was sent there by his mother. Obviously, I was meant to see her. That's why she snuck in at around the time when we usually meet up. I'm sure she would have found a way to pop out of the closet, nȧkėd, if he was awake."

"That's scandalous." Luna squeezed her eyes shut. Cedric would never have managed to explain that even if he had ten mouths.

"Why didn't he feel her presence? It's not every day a woman climbs into your bed like that, right?" Lanni was creeped out at the thought.

Cheng Yu slapped her forehead, making a mental note to install alarms at their next apartment. "He can sleep through the apocalypse. It's only funny when you play pranks on him. Apparently, it's not funny all the time."

She let out a sigh, feeling better now that she had talked about it and got it off her ċhėst. She wasn't going to wait for Cedric's psycho family to try to kill her before she could leave him. At the same time, she didn't want to leave him. It was selfish but she couldn't help wanting to do something for herself this once. He wanted the same thing so being selfish wasn't all that bad, right?

"What about your family?" Luna asked, concerned about her brother.

"My mother, meh. I can forget I have one. The only thing she has ever done for me is ruin my life anyway." It still hurt her to say that about her own mother but there was no possible way of mending a relationship that had been broken too many times to find any of the pieces.

"My brother will come with us. I spoke to him about it and asked if he wanted us to stay until he finished school or go with us and study online but to our surprise, he can't wait to get out of here either."

Lanni pulled her into a hug. "Hey, we will miss you so much."

"I will miss you too." She wrapped one arm around Lanni and another around Luna, feeling the latter's bump as she pulled away. "I will be back in time to meet him. Or her. There's no way I'm going to miss the arrival of my godchild." She teased.

"Then you have many trips to make." Lanni reminded her with a raise of her brow.

"Right? And they will both be worth it." She remembered what they were discussing earlier and lowered her voice shyly. "Hey, you're not mad at me, right? Can I still be your maid of honor?" .

"Are you kidding me? No way. I'm mad at you." She joked dramatically and laughed when Cheng Yu looked like the world was crumbling down on her. "Of course, silly. If you will stay for the wedding, that is."

"We will leave a day after you two leave for your honeymoon. Oh, and Luna? Don't worry about Moonlight Studios. I will continue to work online and if there is anything that requires my presence, I will be there." She explained. The three of them shared a last hug before they got back to wedding business.

Meanwhile, Cedric was being teased mercilessly by the guys.

"So, what country will you go to?" Han Xichen asked.

"France. Yu has always wanted to live in Paris. Took me long enough to realize it."

"She sure knows how to choose them." Han Xichen winked, before throwing a jab at him. "Are you sure you guys are not just eloping because you don't want a wedding?"

"We would have three weddings if Yu wanted them." He bit back, making them roar in laughter. He didn't know what they were laughing at and they didn't look like they were going to explain, so he gave up.

"Why don't the two of you stay the night? I'm sure Lanni wants her friend to accompany her for a while." Xiehan suggested.

"That's okay. She can stay and I'll pick her up tomorrow."

When the guys burst into laughter, Cedric was confused. What were they plotting?

"I wouldn't hear the end of it if I made Cheng Yu stay away from her boyfriend. It's really alright to stay in one of the guestrooms and our room is far enough from. them."

Cedric facepalmed. He would never have pegged Xiehan to be the kind to make fun of anyone.

He grinned. "Since you are so eager to make the offer, I will accept it."

But none of the laughing would have prepared him for the "parting gift" that they had prepared for him. This was definitely Lin Jian's idea. There was no mistaking what the playboy was capable of.

The room that Xiehan had shown him into was decorated with red roses and scented candles, and sheer curtains that fluttered slightly against the windows. The king sized bed was well spread with white and red bedding and a heart made of roses on it. When he caught sight of the small packages at the centre of the heart, a chuckle escaped his lips.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Yu asked behind him. She had followed him when Lanni hinted that he wanted to have a word in private.

"Nothing. I think our friends just got more creative." He led the way in. Her mouth hung open when she saw the decorations that made it look like it was their wedding night.

"They do realize that they don't need to do this, right? We are in a relationship." She chuckled.

When the door swung and shut them in, she was somewhat confused. This was…unexpected.

"We are not going to waste their efforts, are we?" He spoke near her ear, making her body shiver with need.

"I would like to take a shower first." She walked past him to the ensuite bathroom and he let her. When she opened the closet to pick out a nightgown she was certain Lanni would have prepared for her, she was baffled. The closet was occupied with a row of sėxy lingerie and nothing else. She felt the silky material of a blue piece and chuckled. If this was their way of ensuring the guests were satisfied, they had won.. And there was no way she was wasting the chance to seduce the hell out of him.