Deviant: No Longer Human

And this woman before him?

As he caught Aurora\'s daydreamy and melancholic gaze, his face twitched in bemusement.

Was she genuinely this naive?

If sleeping with someone automatically made them spouses, he mused, he\'d be the patriarch of an entire metropolis by now!

The absurdity of the thought made him sneer in disbelief.

He barely held a laughter, before unconciously it erupted.

Pfttt...

"What!?"

Aurora\'s eyes snapped open at the sound of someone—Wang Xiao—erupting into demonic, loud laughter. "You? Are you a foolish woman?"

Thud!

Unable to contain himself, Wang Xiao fell backward onto the ground, his laughter uncontrollable. "How could you even think that just because you consider yourself my wife, I would accept it? Hahaha!"

To him, this was the pinnacle of comedy—a joke for the ages.

That was it? This was her basis for claiming to be his wife?

Was she merely trying to latch onto a rising star?

A witch preying on the vitality of the young?

In Wang Xiao\'s estimation, Aurora didn\'t need a supporting arm; she needed a different kind of support entirely—a stay in a mental institution seemed more fitting for her ambitions!

"Old witch, you\'re getting senile! Haha..." Wang Xiao swore he had never encountered anything so absurd in his life.

A woman claiming to be two hundred million years old and possessing such a scant number of brain cells? Surely, senility was setting in.

Aurora\'s face flushed a deep shade of red, her embarrassment and fury mounting as she watched Wang Xiao clutch his stomach, overcome with laughter. "You!?—Shut up!"

But Wang Xiao\'s laughter only grew louder, unfazed by her indignation.

Unable to contain her anger any longer, Aurora stood up, her fists clenched tight as she made a shocking declaration. "Fine then! Since you claim you don\'t accept me, I\'ll just say you raped me that day! There, now I should be free to erase you as revenge!"

"Heh?"

Wang Xiao\'s laughter stopped dead, replaced by disbelief as he looked up at the woman seething with rage before him. "Hey, if you\'re just lacking a man, say it directly. What\'s with this rape accusation? I clearly remember your cooperation, even if it was all a misunderstanding," he retorted, his eyes narrowing.

He didn\'t take kindly to being accused of crimes he hadn\'t committed.

"It doesn\'t matter. Since we\'re unrelated now, I don\'t need a reason to kill you," Aurora declared, folding her arms across her chest and sporting a smug grin.

"..."

Wang Xiao was baffled by the sudden transformation of this seemingly reasonable woman into someone completely unreasonable.

"What are the benefits?" Given that the situation had escalated to this point, and considering he had taken her maidenhood, he reckoned this transaction was purely to his advantage.

Aurora was momentarily struck speechless by his sudden calculative look, as though she were a hen poised to lay golden eggs for his fortune.

"Don\'t overthink it. I won\'t solve your problems for you; you need to solve your own. Or do you intend to rely on a woman for that?" Her words dripped with a mix of sarcasm and challenge, turning his mercenary logic back on him.

"That\'s okay," Wang Xiao said, a surprising note of agreement in his voice, but his gaze soon drifted, taking in her body as memories of their last encounter played like a montage in his mind.

He hadn\'t fully savored her then.

Aurora, keenly attuned to the shift in his demeanor, felt a cold shiver trace down her spine, intuiting the direction of his thoughts.

"Now, since you are my wife... Shouldn\'t that mean...?" His voice trailed off, heavy with insinuation, as if the mere suggestion carried a world of possibilities.

Aurora\'s eyes flickered, caught off guard yet oddly prepared. "Yes!...We can do that as well..." Her cheeks betrayed her, a flush of embarrassment creeping over her skin.

Was she misinterpreting his gaze, or was her mind wandering down forbidden paths?

With a boldness that surprised even herself, she closed the distance between them, taking a seat directly in front of him.

She guided his hands to her waist, a silent invitation to explore the tension brewing between them.

???

Wang Xiao remained silent for a beat, then shook his head, disarming the moment with a simple, "I didn\'t mean this."

"Then what do you mean?" she asked, her voice laced with suspicion, eyes narrowing as she tried to decipher his intentions.

Was she really overthinking?

His smile took on a dark edge, "Since you are my self proclaimed wife, you should prepare yourself to be disciplined by family law for mocking me earlier."

His hands itched for a different kind of interaction, one where he could teach her a lesson.

The reason mattered little to him.

Was it for her bravado earlier?

Now that he knew she wouldn\'t break her character of wife so easily, why not use this as an opportunity for instruction?

And yet, he couldn\'t help but ponder, was there a hint of eagerness in her actions, a too-ready willingness to fall into his arms?

The real reasons behind her behavior remained shrouded in mystery, yet Wang Xiao focused on the present moment.

"..."

Aurora\'s face froze, her mind racing to assess if this aligned with her scheme.

Wang Xiao, confident in his safety net and sensing her uncertainty, grew bolder. "What\'s the matter, having second thoughts already?" he taunted, a wicked grin curling his lips as his fingers deftly tugged at the zipper of her jacket, revealing the white top snugly hugging her breasts.

Without hesitation, his hand cupped her breasts through the fabric, capturing the softness of her skin in his grasp.

"Mhmmm..." Aurora\'s lips pressed tightly together as she weighed her options, her resolve hardening. "I don\'t back down," she declared, her eyes steely.