The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1025

Mango had a resentful expression throughout their meal, and Nathaniel felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles when he saw this. However, he knew that he had no choice but to stay in Rita's room when he remembered that he had undergone an operation recently.

Meanwhile, Rita ate the meal with a content expression on his face. Once she was done eating, she even begged Nathaniel to tell her a story.

Both of them knew that Rita was traumatised because of Elena. Thus, even though Mango was upset, she allowed Nathaniel to accompany their daughter.

When Emberly came over to re-bandage Mango's wound, Mango's expression was still a little gloomy.

"Hey, who pissed you off this time? Why do you have such a long face?"

"Who else can it be? My love rival, of course!"

Mango shook her head helplessly as she said this.

"Huh? A love rival?"

Emberly was confused by Mango's reply.

"Who is it? Who has fallen in love with Nathaniel? Hell no, he was at the police station some time ago, wasn't he? How can he mess with other women? Is she a lady cop?" Upon hearing Emberly's speculation, Mango immediately burst into laughter.

"That's no any lady cop. Isn't Rita one of my love rivals too? Heck, she took my husband away this round. Nathaniel mentioned that he would sleep with her before my wound completely turns into a scab. Urgh Why did I give birth to such a rival after going through so many hardships during the ten- month pregnancy period? How do you deal with your two daughters at home?"

Mango seemed like she had met a confidante and quickly asked for advice.

Emberly frowned slightly and said, "Well, I think that my family's pretty normal. Evangeline is a tomboy, so she won't stick to Eugene if Emily doesn't hog him to herself. Besides, Emily's a quiet person, so she will only check in on her dad whenever she's free. As for Eugene, I hope only he can take care of his daughter and stop bothering me.

"Haha! Why do you sound like you're jealous?"

Mango laughed as she teased Emberly.

"Bah! I just think that you're trying to take your frustration out on me because you can't have your husband! Besides, Nathaniel only finished his operation this morning, so both of you can only have sex after half a month. Stop blaming him for it, ok? After all, both of you don't have to have sex everyday, right?"

Mango was slightly shocked after she heard what Emberly said.

"What... what operation are you talking about?"

Emberly was stunned for a moment when she heard Mango's question.

"Huh? You don't know about it?"

"What? What are you talking about? Tell me! What operation was it?"

Mango was about to sit up, but Emberly stopped her at once.

"Don't move. I'm applying medicine to your wound. Besides, it wasn't a major operation, so don't panic too much. After all, it was only a vasectomy. I went to meet Genevieve this morning to do a surgical handover. During that time, I saw Nathaniel asking Noah to operate on him, so I asked what procedure he was about to do. I... I really didn't know that you had no idea about this! Wait! Did Nathaniel hide this from you?"

Mango was completely confused right now, even though Emberly had given her an explanation.

After hearing Emberly's words, she immediately recalled Nathaniel's expression when she told him that she wanted another baby if they could do so. However, he remained the same, and he didn't react to her statement at all.

Hah! Nathaniel was really too good at acting!

A vasectomy?

Was he planning to not have any more kids in the future?

Ah, this was why he was worried that she would be exhausted if they had any more kids.

However, Mango suddenly felt warmth in her heart.

"Did he tell you why he decided to go ahead with this operation?"

Emberly glanced at Mango and couldn't help smile in delight. She said with disdain, "Why are you asking me about this since you clearly know about everything? Don't you know the reason behind his actions? "Of course, I do! But I think that I will feel touched if I hear someone else saying it out loud instead."

Mango said with a grin.

"Urgh! You're insane!"

Emberly scolded her with a smile and then uttered, "In fact, Nathaniel did the right thing because your body can't handle another pregnancy right now. Besides, you barely recovered after giving birth to your last child, but you became pregnant again. Then, both of you did not want to abort the baby, but you still lost him to fate anyways? Now that your body is terribly injured, your life will be in danger if you get pregnant again! So, your husband is really thoughtful, and he considered your body. Thus, a vasectomy would be the most effective method to prevent any pregnancies from happening."

"But... but I'm sure he will regret it! When I was pregnant with my other children, he was not by my side, so he never got to watch how they grew up. Thus, I wanted to give him another child so that he wouldn't have any more regrets!"

Mango said these words sincerely from her heart.

However, Emberly disagreed and said, "Nah, that's not right. He was the one who was unsure of his feelings at first, and he never clarified what relationship he had with Macy as well. Thus, you suffered so much because of this, so he deserves to feel regretful for the rest of his life! On the other hand, you've gone through so much because of him, so why do you have to pay the price for his ignorance? If you keep thinking back on your regrets, your life would be too exhausting! Look, forget about it. After all, why should you continue to think about this when Nathaniel already made a choice himself?"

Mango sighed and said, "Alas! How could he not have any regrets? Besides, he only decided to choose me over his own regrets."

"Yes, yes, I got it. I clearly know that Nathaniel loves you more than himself, Ilrgh! Can you stop showing off in front of me? I'll even stop treating you if you piss me off too much!" Mango burst out in laughter after hearing what Emberly had said.

Well, Mr. Sanchez is a pretty decent husband as well."

"Hmm... he doesn't really care about anything, but he still treats and my children pretty well. If he didn't do that, I would've left him a long time ago!"

Emberly said these words in a domineering tone, but she had a gentle gaze in her eyes.

Mango smiled adorably. Whenever she recalled everything that Nathaniel had done for her, she was delighted.

How could he hide the fact that he had gone through a vasectomy from her?

It was time for her to get her revenge on him!

Mango could almost imagine what would happen, and she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"That's enough. Are you trying to pretend that I'm not here?"

Emberly felt that Mango was easy to please.

On the other hand, this was a trait that she did not have.

Mango did her best to love Nathaniel. After all, she had suffered so much and gone through terrible ordeals because of him. However, she would continue to choose him as long as Nathaniel treated her slightly well.

Thus, Emberly truly admired her courage.

Mango seemed delicate, but she was bold and persistent when it came to love. Fortunately, Nathaniel had also given her the affection that she deserved.

Emberly sighed at the thought and quickly applied the medicine to Mango's wound. She whispered, "I heard Eugene and Noah talking on the phone, but I don't know Nathaniel's final decisions. Besides, I told you about this in advance so that you could be mentally prepared. If he makes a decision contrary to your expectations, I hope you won't feel so disappointed."

"Huh? What happened? Why are you acting so mysteriously?"

Mango looked at Emberly while she questioned

this.

Emberly was not a talkative person, and she would not talk about others' secrets casually. Thus, now that she was giving Mango a warning, it meant that Mango was somehow related to this. Mango immediately became somewhat nervous at this thought.

Emberly continued, "I heard that Nathaniel still has a military status. Also, I think Captain Eaves was asking him when he would return to serve in the army. Furthermore, Thomas was not in a vegetative state. Instead, he took this opportunity to go undercover into Bernard's company so that he could get evidence of their crimes. He did this because the army heard that Bernard was in cahoots with some high-ranking officials, so he wanted to find out who these people were. Captain Eaves gave this task to both Nathaniel and Morgan, and your husband went to the military compound to visit him this morning. Who knows? Maybe they've already reinstated their military statuses. If your husband returns to the army, what would you do, Mango? What will happen to your children now?"

Mango immediately froze at this question.

She had no idea that all these had happened!

However, she couldn't blame Nathaniel, though.

The military would have requested them to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Hence, they would not be allowed to tell anyone, including their family members, about the details of their task. Thus, Mango did not bother thinking too much about this question.

However, she was concerned about the other issue. If Nathaniel was planning to return to serve in the army, this meant that she would see him less often in the future, right?

Furthermore, Thomas was involved in this!

Mango couldn't believe that he had been putting a facade all along!

Suddenly, she wondered Rainie knew the truth. In fact, Rainie and Thomas's relationship would get even more complicated if Rainie found out about it!

At this thought, Mango felt her head hurting.

"Does Rainie know about this?"

"What? Mango, you've missed the point here! I was asking you what you would do after Nathaniel returns to the army! How could you worry about Rainie when you have your own problems to think about? Besides, why do you have to care about her love life?"

Emberly felt that Mango was absurd right now!

However, Mango just smiled and said, "I didn't know that he had a military rank when I was married to him. After all, he's one of the talents that belongs to our nation, so it's only right for him to go back and serve the country. What else can I do now? I can't wage a war on our nation just for him, right? The only thing I can do now is to spend as much time as I can with him now. Also, I think that Nathaniel probably will consider his choices and make a decision by himself, so I don't want to get in his way."

Emberly was slightly stunned after hearing Mango's analysis, and she admired Mango even more.

"Ah... you're really a model wife to a soldier! Alright, I won't say anything else. I'm glad that you think this way. By the way, Eugene wants our four families to hang out together tomorrow, so let's discuss this then."

After saying that, Emberly began to pack up her things.

Mango nodded and couldn't help but think of Esther.

"Do you know Captain Morgan's wife, Esther Moore?"

"Yeah, I do. What's up?"

Emberly looked at Mango with a puzzled expression.

Mango struggled for a long time before asking, "I heard her addressing Morgan as her uncle. What's going on there?"

Emberly suddenly burst into laughter.

"You can ask her personally tomorrow, and I promise that you will be surprised! Well, I have to go now. Remember, don't overexert your body because you'll end up reopening your wounds! Leave all the hard manual work to Nathaniel, ok? Also, both of you have to avoid staying in bed together! Bear this in mind!"

Emberly said these words softly, but Mango blushed immediately after hearing them.

"Okay! Urgh! Hurry up and leave!"

Then, Emberly left with a grin.

Mango walked down the stairs and saw Nathaniel putting Rita to sleep.

Rita wrapped her hands around Nathaniel back, and she almost leaned her entire body on Nathaniel's chest. Meanwhile,n Nathaniel was not impatient at all. He patted Rita gently and softly sang her nursery rhymes.

This was the first time that Mango had heard Nathaniel singing.

The nursery rhymes that he sang to Rita were melodious, and his deep voice was alluring as well.

In fact, his voice had completely enchanted her!

Once Rita fell asleep, Nathaniel carried her back to her room. When he turned, he saw Mango standing at the stairs while looking at him with a wide smile on her face.

He immediately became alert.

He could tell what Mango was thinking when he saw her seductive gaze and smile. However, he had just finished his vasectomy. Thus, he knew that he couldn't satisfy his wife's desires for now. So, what should he do now?