QT: Against My Will

466 7.90 – Curiosity Kills a Cat – War Of The Wickeds

“He is still there...” A student slowed down to take a closer look at the council president, stunned by the sight, “Wait...isn’t that Riley LeClere?”

His words came completely out of the blue, and many were taken aback by them, “Holy shit! Was that thing just now… a kiss?!”

‘Curiosity kills a cat, shalalalala.’

‘~But whaf if it’s worth dying for, shalalala?’

‘You sacrifice the cat, shalalala.’

As people turned around in stunned silence, Bing Shi hid her left hand under her bottom — an ice ring wrapped itself around her ring finger. Hubby would rarely chase her around, he would usually lure her straight into his arms, “He must be lying, don’t stop.”

The nearest student to her car suppressed a chuckle, “He is not lying, I saw it too.”

“You saw it too?” Dai An questioned, giving the beta a sidelong glance, “Do you want to bet your life on it? I will bet mine.”

The beta wiped away his smile, “We will just bet on my life. It’s not as precious as yours.”

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“Then I guess I have nothing left to lose,” Dai An pointed her cane at him and pressed a button, “Might as well do this.”

The sound of a gun being loaded echoed throughout the body of the cane, and two seconds later, a gunshot reverberated through the air. Dai An watched as the bullet ricocheted off the armor, leaving a small dent that quickly faded away. It was the Robbinson clan’s (Julliet’s grandfather) greatest invention yet, a suit of armor designed to protect the wearer from ‘any’ kind of physical harm.

“It’s a bit slow,” Dai An spoke to Juliet, “...the loading is too loud, and whether the force is strong enough,” she fired again, this time aiming at the ground and shooting a hole in the asphalt road, “There is still some place for improvement,” she said, her voice laced with admiration, “No matter how many faults I try to find, it still surpassess the uses of a regular cane. Amazing job.”

“It was supposed to be a gift for my grandfather at first,” Juliet smiled, fondly remembering the days when she first wanted to kill her grandfather. She had been working on it every day since then. It became a bit of an obsession, really.

‘I would love to see a new line of weaponized everyday items. Imagine playing tag with Stinky Bun and we use a scrunchie that shoots out like a net gun.’

‘~Can’t we get a normal net gun?’

‘A normal net gun won’t work on hubby.’

‘~Oh.’

“Hey, are you alright?” A few of the students came over to the beta who was shot in the chest, “What were you thinking?! She could have kicked you out for lying and mentioning Riley!’

The beta straightened up, chest heaving in pain as he returned to the lower ranking students at the back, “She doesn’t seem to be affected by her twin as before.”

“Seriously? She just shot you in the chest as a warning!”

He could feel the eyes of the other students on him and he felt a wave of embarrassment wash over him, “Do you think she still likes Nathaniel Hauxley?”

He hadn’t even had the chance to explain himself, but his friend had already been sure of his fate, “You are such an idiot! She is an omega, an omega! So what if she still likes him? She is the most wanted omega now! Were you blind when she bet her last twenty bucks on Nathaniel arriving here to offer her a hand in marriage before others could?”

“Imagine if he really proposed,” someone laughed out, “He would look so cheap. Everyone would think it was to save money, not for the actual person.”

The beta almost spewed out the blood in his throat, checking the earlier messages prior to his arrival, “...”‘

@SilviaLeClere: The people who want free eggs will try to come to steal my left ring finger first. I bet twenty bucks Nathaniel will be the first in line.

@Liam: Babe, you must resist the temptation. I know you love Nathaniel, but my life is on the line here.

@Juliet: I bet hundred bucks on everyone except the Hauxley clan. Nathaniel has his family’s approval to marry whoever he wants, and a capital to buy all of your eggs.

@Bertha: I bet ten bucks Nathaniel will ask Silvia to be his surrogate.

@Everyone: wtf Bertha?!

@SilviLeClere: Bertha, you never cease to surprise me.

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@SilviaLeClere: Everyone, disperse into a 10m distance from each other and be as silent as possible. Understand?

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Nathaniel walked back to his car. He had never been completely rejected by his wife like this before, not even as Lu Kai or Ziek. This must be how the men that Bing Shi was not attracted to felt. He had been so sure that his little flirting would get her attention, but it had barely even made a dent in her apathy.

He knew that this should have been the moment he felt crushed and hopeless, but instead he felt something else entirely. He felt liberated and strong, like a new chapter of his life had begun. The energy coursing through her veins was obviously toxic, yet he let it consume him, control him and ultimately let it use him in ways he never thought possible.

‘Ah, I feel so baaad. He looks so pitiful.’

‘~That manipulative freak is obviously happy because of what you just did. Throw away that ring, it’s softening your heart.’

‘Nuuu, it’s melting nicely into my skin.’

How could Dai An forget that he was in love with another freak.

Both were manipulative by nature and knew how to handle the other, so if a dispute did happen, there would still be an underlying affection between them— like a sinister force, it would squeeze through the tension, and hold their relationship together, even if only in a strange, twisted way. (They tweak the red flags and adapt to them.)

‘~This situation feels familiar.’

‘You mean how we are picking at each other? It’s called war of the wickeds. We get into this war when our views clash. We try to persuade each other until the loser gives in. It’s painful and often goes against our will, but we will come to an agreement, eventually.’

‘There are few examples. I told him not to take revenge on a few people that hurt me, ignited myself on flame, jumped off the window, hid our relationship, and other strange things like making him end my life. He took in Stinky Bun and invented some of my special training.’

Dai An forgot about many memories Bing Shi showed her and had to rewind them sometimes.

‘~Turns out, taking in Stinky Bun was the most un-wicked thing.’

‘...whatever it was…I was super hurt and made him work very hard for my forgiveness.’

‘~You just gave him a silent war...What is so hard about that?’

‘I can’t act angry for too long. It’s especially hard with that man.’

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This Arc will be officially over in the next 15 chapters.

All chapters are available to read by unlocking the tier 5 privilege. If you don’t have coins, I recommend you wait until this arc is fully out before reading. ??

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