The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1130

When Mango woke up, she realized that she was lying on her own bed, and felt like crying in despair.

How did she fall asleep again?

She was the one who wanted to go out for shopping, but eventually she fell asleep on Nathaniel's shoulder.

Well, it must be because Nathaniel's shoulders were too comfortable.

Mango consciously wanted Nathaniel to be held accountable for this.

When Mango thought of Nathaniel, she discovered that he was not in the room.

She yawned, drew the quilt over and got out of bed. Then, she found a coat and put it on before she went out of the room.

Lucy came over with a cup of coffee in her hand.

"Lucy, is this for Nathaniel?"

"Yes, madam."

Lucy quickly said.

"Where is he?" "He's in the study room."

"I'll go."

Mango took the cup of coffee from Lucy and walked towards the study.

She knocked on the door, and Nathaniel's deep voice came from inside. "Come in."

Mango pushed the door open and saw Nathaniel looking at something on the computer screen, and she walked towards him.

"If there's anything you need to deal with the company, you can go back there first, you don't have to stay at home with me." Mango handed the coffee to Nathaniel.

Nathaniel saw that it was Mango who had sent it over, so he quickly took the cup. Then, he pulled a chair to Mango. After that, he said softly, "It's not about the company. Didn't you ask me if there's anything when we went out shopping earlier today?"

"Well, you told me it was nothing."

Mango looked at Nathaniel in dismay.

Nathaniel was embarrassed and harrumphed, "At that time, I saw someone taking a picture of us. I didn't know who that person was, so I couldn't tell you anything." "Hmm... you are always like this. You won't tell me anything before it becomes clear to you. Now that you told me, is it because you already knew the person's identity?"

Mango shook her head and asked.

Nathaniel whispered, "I haven't found out his identity, but I found something valuable in his camera. Would you like to have a look?"

"What could it be?"

Mango thought it was going to be bad for sure.

Nathaniel dragged her by the hand and let her look at his computer.

"I copied these from the camera. Look at them, did you find anything?"

Nathaniel pointed to the several photos on the computer.

Those pictures were taken when Mango and Nathaniel were together, but they always had this one passerby around them.

Originally, it was normal to take photos with passers-by. After all, it was secretly taken. However, after viewing a few pictures, she noticed that the passer-by was the same person, so it was definitely not a coincidence.

Mango's brows furrowed instantly.

"Who is this?"

She pointed at the person in the photo and asked while looking at Nathaniel.

Nathaniel rubbed Mango's hair and said, "You've also noticed that this person has always appeared by our side as a passer-by, haven't you?"

"Have you found out his identity?"

Mango looked at Nathaniel in confusion.

Nathaniel frowned slightly and whispered, "I guess he's Bernard."

"Bernard Gaylord?"

Mango could not help but glance at him in the picture a few more times.

Bernard had always been very mysterious. Even if the country issued a wanted notice, not many people knew how Bernard looked like.

Looking at this unpretentious man, it was estimated that one would not pay much attention to him. After all, he was a very ordinary-looking man. He possessed an average appearance and he was someone who would not stand out among the crowd.

However, if one looked closely, his appearance was very similar to Laney's.

Mango observed him once more and realized that Bernard was indeed very similar to Laney.

"It's said that he resembled his aunt, and it seems that it's true, he's almost a copy of Laney. If I didn't know that their relationship was nephew and aunt in advance, I would think that they are mother and son." Mango's words immediately astounded Nathaniel.

"Wait a minute, what if they are really mother and son?"

"What?"

Mango raised her head in surprise and looked at Nathaniel, who was lost in his thoughts.

The more Nathaniel thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible.

"I've been thinking that Bernard, who was Laney's nephew, didn't have to be too upset and crazy about Laney's death. He seems like he can't wait to tear us into pieces. But what if Laney is his mother? In that case, I can understand Bernard's anger."

Upon hearing Nathaniel's words, Mango paused for a moment. Ideas ran through her mind at this time.

"Bernard is Laney's son? How is that possible? Didn't Laney and Kolton only have one child, Sisella? Also, it was a scheme from Laney against Kolton that she got pregnant with Sisella. If Bernard is Laney's son, but his father isn't Kolton, then who could it be?"

Nathaniel could not answer Mango's question either, but he said in a deep voice, "There's one thing that I'm certain of, If Bernard is Laney's son, then we can explain why Laney did everything for him. She had schemed against Kolton and got pregnant with Sisi because she wanted to give Bernard a good background. All of her plans were for him. When she started to take action against the Ye family, she was actually plotting for Bernard even though she said that it was for Sisi.

I can say now that Laney used Sisi as the reason to take over the Ye family for Bernard."

Upon hearing Nathaniel's words, Mango was in a daze.

"Why do you think so? Sisi is also Laney's daughter."

However, Nathaniel shook his head and said, "Laney knew that Kolton was the second son in the Ye family when she schemed against Kolton and got pregnant. Moreover, Kolton did so much for Marrisa, so Laney must have seen it clearly. With her intelligence, she could understand that even if she was pregnant with Koiton's child, Kolton would not change for her, and he might even hate her more. But still, she did it. So, what's the reason? Also, she understood Kolton so much that she could predict what would happen to herself if Sisi was born, but she did not escape. Instead, she chose to give birth to Sisi under Koiton's knowledge, and let him send Sisi away with her consent, but why?"

Mango was becoming more puzzled by Nathaniel's questions.

"No, wait a moment. Let's talk about why do you think Laney can escape from Koiton's control?"

Seeing Mango had fallen into a dead end, Nathaniel laughed, "Have you forgotten that Laney and Marrisa left the orphanage with Kolton, and Laney was Marrisa's good friend? As long as Laney didn't plot against Kolton, Kolton would treat her as a VIP. After all, Marrisa didn't have many friends and she'd be happy to have Laney beside her. So even if Laney set up Kolton and slept with him, given Koiton's character, he'd either kill her or send her away, or he'd ask someone to feed her the contraceptives, but these didn't happen obviously. Don't you think it's strange that Laney could stay alive that time? With Koiton's personality, he didn't kill Laney, but only imprisoned her. What was more, Marissa was told that Laney went out of the island, why?"

After Nathaniel's questions, Mango finally felt that something was amiss.

Koiton's feelings for Marrisa were obvious to all. Nathaniel was right, Laney had schemed against Kolton. With his personality, he would definitely not let Laney live. In any case, it was the same for him to tell Marrisa that Laney had left the island after killing Laney. However, Kolton allowed Laney to stay alive. Not only had she survived, but she had also given birth to Sisi. This was enough to prove that Laney must have grabbed hold of something against Kolton, causing him to have no choice but to be wary of her.

So what was it?

If Nathaniel's guess it right that Laney gave birth to Sisi and was a cover for Bernard, then the things behind this were worth exploring. Unfortunately, both Kolton and Marrisa were dead. They might not know what were the reasons behind all these anymore.

Mango lamented the lack of clue. However, when she thought of the possibility that Bernard was Laney's son, she wanted to verify it.

"Let's not care about the 'why'. I just want to know how to verify if Bernard is Laney's son. How about we let Sisi do the DNA test with him?"

"It's no use. The level of the paternity test between Sisi and Bernard will be high even if they're relatives. The most direct way is to take Laney's DNA and Bernard's to do the test."

Mango felt disappointed upon hearing Nathaniel's words.

"Are you kidding? Laney is dead. Do you still want to take out her ashes for a DNA test?"

Nathaniel listened to Mango's teasing but did not become angry. Instead, he smiled, "There's someone who has Laney's DNA."

"Who is it?"

"Lebanon."

Nathaniel said faintly.

"Lebanon hates Laney so much because of Alfred's death, and he even killed her. Naturally, he had to choose a very secluded place to do this. Laney was dismembered, and every inch of her flesh was cut out of her body and blood will of course spurt out. If we examine carefully, we should be able to find the DNA sample that we want. But there is a question, how can we tell Lebanon about this?"

"Tell him everything then."

Mango was not as concerned as Nathaniel was.

She said directly, "Send Bernard's photo to Lebanon. If we hadn't seen Bernard before, I guess that Lebanon would not have seen him in person too. Lexis trusted Bernard so much that he would definitely protect him well. If Lebanon got to know how Bernard looks like, then we could focus on getting his DNA sample. At that time, we can solve this problem easily."

When Nathaniel heard Mango's analysis, he was not very happy.

"Hmm? Did I say something wrong?"

Mango could not help but ask Nathaniel when she saw he did not give her any response.

Nathaniel whispered, "You are right, but now there is a very serious problem, that is, does Lebanon want to help us or not?"

"What do you mean?"

Mango immediately felt confused.

Had she missed out something during the period she was under the spell of the black magic?