The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1180

Mango was stunned for a moment. Then, she looked at the caller ID and found that Magnolia was calling her.

However, she did not know how she should react to this call.

After all, Mango had always been cautious of Magnolia. On the other hand, she had also thought that Magnolia was a good person because the latter had helped her twice.

What was more, Mango had actually thought of accepting Magnolia for the sake of Brantley and Queena. However, Mango was disgusted now because Magnolia had paid a visit to the Hans family.

No matter what Magnolia's intentions were now, Mango could not forget that Magnolia had used Barack to deal with her parents before.

Therefore, she hung up the phone. She did not care what Magnolia was thinking, and she walked towards Nathaniel instead. "Are you alright?"

Nathaniel looked around and saw Victoria, who was lying on the ground pretending to be miserable. Then, he looked at Mango with

concern.

He was carrying soya milk and fried dough sticks. It seemed that he went out to buy breakfast just now.

Then, Mango grabbed the food from his hand and smiled, "It's fine. Everything's settled."

"Well, let's go back to the room for breakfast then."

This time, Nathaniel did not even look at Victoria.

"Sure!"

Mango was in a good mood. Then, she wrapped her arms around Nathaniel's elbow and went back to the ward. Meanwhile, Victoria was stunned to see that no one was paying attention to her at this moment.

Suddenly, she realised something.

No!

She did not want to go to jail!

Previously, Desmond would never dare to send her to prison!

However, Victoria did not know whether things would remain the same this time.

Suddenly, she was terrified when she recalled the indifference and determination in Desmond's eyes.

After that, Victoria took out her mobile phone quickly and called Josiah.

"Josiah! Desmond, that b*stard called the police to arrest me! You must save me! Help me, please!" Victoria began to cry after finishing her words.

At this moment, Josiah's brain couldn't process what he had heard.

Why Desmond wanted to call the police to arrest Victoria?

What did that mean?

Wait! What on earth was going on?

After all, Josiah knew that Victoria often hit Desmond. However, she never listened to Josiah even though he had warned his wife. Furthermore, it annoyed him because she would quarrel with him and make a mess of his experiments over this matter.

Therefore, he did not stop Victoria from bullying Desmond so that he could do his experiments peacefully.

Anyhow, he knew that Desmond was physically strong, so Victoria's beating would not do any harm on Desmond.

Hence, Josiah would feel more comfortable when he thought of this. In addition, Desmond had been submissive all these years, so Josiah got used to it eventually.

Now, Josiah could not understand why Victoria was telling him that Desmond wanted to put her in jail out of the blue.

Why did he want to arrest Victoria?

What had happened between the two of them?

Then, Josiah said grumpily, "Urgh! Can you stop making such a big fuss out of everything? Stop annoying me!"

After saying that, Josiah hung up the phone straightforwardly.

Heh! How could Desmond have the guts to call the police to arrest Victoria?

Thus, thought Victoria was just messing around.

Furthermore, Josiah could not help but become furious as he thought that Victoria was trying to get him to deal with Desmond as well.

He did not want Victoria to disturb him anymore, so he switched off his cell phone at once.

At this moment, Victoria could not believe that Josiah did not care about her, even though she was in a difficult situation!

Then, she called Josiah again, but her call went straight to voicemail. This indicated that Josiah had turned off his phone.

After that, Victoria smashed her phone onto the ground in anger.

"Josiah, you b*stard! Don't you even care about me?"

However, no one gave her an answer this time.

Soon, the police arrived.

After understanding the situation, Mango sent the video to the police as proof, and then they took Victoria away.

On the other hand, Victoria continued crying and making a fuss, but the police showed no sympathy for her.

At this moment, Desmond was in the ICU while Mango and Nathaniel were having breakfast in the ward. Hence, no one paid any attention to Victoria.

After breakfast, Mango looked at Nathaniel and said, "Desmond is also injured now, and Haniya hasn't recovered yet. Can you move them into the same ward?" "Sure thing."

Nathaniel did not object to her suggestions.

Then, Mango frowned when her phone rang again.

When Nathaniel saw that she looked upset, he immediately grabbed her phone over and glanced at the caller ID. At this moment, he understood that Mango did not want to answer the phone because Magnolia was calling.

"No matter who she is or what her intentions are, we have to end up talking to her anyway. Besides, she's been leaving some good impressions on Brantley for quite a while, right? If we don't answer her call, that means she'll contact Brantley at anytime soon. Do you think he'll refuse to help her?"

Mango really wanted to kill Magnolia when she heard what Nathaniel had said.

Then, Mango thought to herself, "Yes, I need to protect Brantley."

In fact, Brantley felt guilty. Thus, he would not blame Magnolia no matter what she did to him because he felt that he had wronged her.

Mango felt extremely uncomfortable when she thought of this.

She hated this feeling and the dilemma she was in now, but she had to face it anyway.

Then, Mango took her phone from Nathaniel and answered the call via speaker.

"What's the matter?"

She answered Magnolia's call in a hostile tone.

Even though she knew that it was unwise to do this, she couldn't control her feelings.

After all, would her parents become a pair of star-crossed lovers if Magnolia did not interfere in their relationship!

In fact, Queena's life would not be miserable if Magnolia did not scheme against them.

On the other hand, Magnolia obviously did not expect Mango to be this harsh. Therefore, she was stunned for a moment before she asked, "Mango, what's wrong?"

"Let's go straight to the point, yeah? If not, I'll hang up the call right now."

Mango felt uncomfortable and disgusted when she heard Magnolia's voice.

Then, Magnolia paused for a moment before saying, "I just want to know if you've got any news on Bettany."

Mango was startled for a moment. Then, she laughed coldly, "Haha! Magnolia, Bettany is your subordinate, and she's injured in Angolla. Besides, you can still use your remaining authority, even if you've been betrayed by your men, right? If you want to know what happened to Bettany, just ask your lackeys to check on her. Why do you need us? Do you intend to use Bettany as bait so that we would go to Angolla? If this is the case, what's your motive, then? Do you want me to help Lebanon to seize power, or do you want something else? Why don't you just tell me the truth, huh? Aren't you tired of beating around the bush already?"

Magnolia did not expect Mango to be so blunt over this matter. Furthermore, Mango did not even call Magnolia her aunt anymore.

Thus, Magnolia knew that Mango did not think of her as a family anymore.

Then, she could not help but smile bitterly.

"Haha! Mango, I know you don't trust me, but I really have no other choice. Someone took away my partner, so I can't order any of my subordinates around!"

"Then you should just not do anything then!"

After that, Mango hung up the phone immediately.

Was there really no one who could help Magnolia?

This was impossible!

Did Magnolia think that Mango was still a kid who she could deceive easily?

Magnolia had pretended to be dead in Angolla for over twenty years, and she had even managed to bring Bettany here without anyone noticing! Thus, how could she not have any subordinates working for her now?

Mango laughed coldly. However, at the same time, anger and sadness welled up in her heart.

Then, Nathaniel held her hand and whispered, "Don't be angry. She's not worth it, and this will only ruin your health. Well, I've already asked Ned to investigate Bettany's whereabouts, and we'll save her once we get the news."

Mango's entire body trembled slightly when she heard what Nathaniel had said.

"She's gone too far! Bettany has been working for her and living in the dark all these years for Magnolia. But now, Magnolia used Bettany as bait to tempt us. Does she think that we're gullible?" Mango could not calm down at all when she remembered that Magnolia was one of her family members. What was more, Magnolia looked the same as her mother!

Meanwhile, Nathaniel was afraid that her anger could affect her health, so he held her hand and said, "I'll kiss you if you get angry now."

When Mango heard this, she was startled. Then, she burst out laughing after she saw that Nathaniel was serious about kissing her.

"Urgh! Can you stop doing this? Don't you see that I'm still angry?"

Mango spoke with a tinge of helplessness.

Then, Nathaniel smiled and answered, "Yeah, I know. Can't you see that I'm just trying to get close to you?"

"Oh, God! Nathaniel, why did you become so lascivious?"

At this moment, Mango became happier, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly.

Nathaniel smiled in reply and said, "I have always been like this. Besides, we're a legally married couple. Plus, I'm only a normal man who is only sexually attracted to you!"

"Stop it!

Mango was completely swept away by his words!

After all, Nathaniel knew that he could only use the most direct method to cheer his wife up.

On the other hand, Magnolia laughed bitterly when she heard the busy signal on the phone.

Was Mango annoyed by her?

Nah, that was not right!

Mango despised her right now!

Magnolia felt upset when she realised this.

If Mango didn't believe her that she was powerless now, who else would believe her?

Urgh! The person was truly a ruthless manipulator!

Magnolia had fallen into his trap since the beginning.

Magnolia had thought that she was free from his control, and she had set up her association with Bettany using her capabilities. Thus, she thought that she could protect her family on her own. However, twenty years later, she realised that this had all been an illusion.

He was the one who had given her everything!

He allowed her to fake her death successfully, and he watched as she struggled and built her power step by step. When she thought that she could get away from his control, he finally took action!

He had struck her again without mercy, and it had successfully caught her off guard.

Therefore, Magnolia didn't know where Bettany was right now because the latter had helped her escape!

Now, Magnolia came to Ocean City. This was the place where she was born, and it was a hometown. But, this city felt so foreign to her.

Therefore, she could only ask Nathaniel and Mango for help.

She thought that Mango would become her haven, but in the end, she was just too naive!

Where had it all gone wrong?

Was it because she went to the Hans family?

Or was it because she mentioned Barack?

However, shouldn't both Terrance and Mango go to Angolla to look for Barack?

Why were things going differently from what she had planned?

Why did Mango seem to dislike her?

Magnolia could not answer any of these questions.

Hence, she had only one person on the list who could help her out, which was Brantley. However, at this moment, Magnolia hesitated.

If Brantley refused to help her and did not believe that she had no way to escape now, what should she do?

He was her last hope right now!

However, he was also her father!

Therefore, Magnolia couldn't bear it if Brantley suspected or doubted her.

Then, what could she do?

Magnolia had been strong her entire life, but at this moment, she suddenly burst into tears as she was heartbroken.

She used to think that she was powerful. Now, she felt that staying alive was too exhausting as she felt like she couldn't solve any of her problems!