The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1185

"Mommy, can't I go there?"

Rita's palms were wet because she was anxious, but she still looked at Mango with teary eyes. Thus, Mango's heart immediately softened.

"Why do you want to go to that place?"

Mango asked gently and patted Rita's back.

Rita lowered her eyes guiltily and said in a low voice, "I heard from my brothers that the trip to Longford County was fun, so I wanted to go there and have a look. But if Mommy doesn't want to go, then we can forget it."

"Alright."

Rita was left dumbfounded by Mango's response.

Did Mango just say that it was alright?

What did that mean?

Were they going there?

Or were they not?

Rita was a little depressed right now.

However, if she continued asking about this, would this arouse Mango's expression.

At this thought, Rita was nervous and conflicted. Suddenly, she heard Mango say in a gentle voice, "Of course I'll bring my little princess to wherever she wants. In fact, I'll accompany you there and ensure your safety!"

When Rita heard this, she raised her head instantly. She immediately feared up when she saw that Mango was looking at her with a gentle and doting gaze. "Mommy!"

She hugged Mango tightly as she exclaimed.

"My dear child, you didn't well when you were staying with Eaves family, right? Should daddy and I sleep with you tonight?"

Rita was surprised when she heard what Mango had said.

How did her mother find out that she hadn't been sleeping well in the Eaves family?

Just as she was about to ask this, she found herself lying in Mango's embrace.

Then, Mango places Rita on her arm like how she used to. After that, she gently patted Rita and sang a familiar lullaby gently. Although there was a hint of hoarseness in Mango's voice, Rita still felt comfortable while listening to her mother's singing. Thus, although Rita was still troubled, she slowly fell asleep because of the sweet lullaby.

Meanwhile, Mango looked at her daughter's adorable face dotingly.

When Nathaniel came out of the bathroom, Mango was already a little sleepy. However, she still looked at Rita with a gentle gaze. "Hmm, I'm kind of jealous now."

Nathaniel leaned forward and kissed Mango as he said this, so Mango couldn't help but laugh.

"Haha! How could you be jealous of your own daughter? Aren't you ashamed?"

"Not at all!"

Nathaniel hugged Mango as he said this, and his gaze suddenly turned feverish and intense.

Well, how could Mango not know what Nathaniel was thinking?

However, she could not help but feel a little embarrassed.

"Hey! Our daughter is still here."

"Hmm? Did you think that I was trying to do something?"

Nathaniel paused for a moment and smirked.

Mango finally realised that she had misunderstood him when she saw his reaction.

Sh*t!

That was extremely humiliating!

"Nathaniel Ye, you b*stard!"

On the other hand, Nathaniel enjoyed looking at her flustered expression.

Then, he whispered in her ear, "Don't worry, I will definitely not refuse your invitation the next time round."

"Hey! Who invited you? Hurry up and go to sleep." Mango's face was red as she was embarrassed.

On the other hand, Nathaniel was smiling brightly.

The two bickered for a moment before Nathaniel climbed onto the bed and laid down on the other side of Rita. He stretched out his long arms and immediately pulled his lovely wife and child into his embrace. After that, he closed his eyes in satisfaction.

Mango had been tense just now, but she felt someone relaxed after coming to the Hans family. Also, perhaps she felt more relaxed now because she had her family with her. Thus, she had a good night's sleep, and it was already the next morning when she opened her eyes.

However, Rita was no longer in her arms. Instead, she had thrown herself into Nathaniel's arms. Meanwhile, she was covered with a thin quilt. Obviously, Nathaniel was the one who had done this. Hence, Mango felt delighted and pleased when he saw how soundly they were sleeping.

She got up slowly and kissed Rita and Nathaniel on their faces. Then, she got up to prepare breakfast forthem.

In fact, Nathaniel had woken up the moment she got up, but he did not open his eyes. He waited for her to leave before glancing at Rita, who was still in deep sleep. Then, the corner of his lips curled up slightly.

"You lazy girl!"

He muttered and close his eyes once again to rest for a while.

He was so tired these days, so his nerves were starting to hurt again.

The medicine that Wisdom gave him was quite effective. However, he couldn't find the medicine anywhere the past few days. Thus, he felt that he must've lost it while he was changing his clothes. Also, he had been quite busy, so he did not pay much attention to it and did not tell Wisdom about it.

Thus, he was uncomfortable because of the pain, but it was still bearable. Thus, he didn't stop Mango from waking up early this morning.

After all, he was afraid that she would see his pale face and weak physique.

At this thought, Nathaniel rubbed his temples before closing his eyes and waited for the pain dissipate.

After Mango went downstairs, Terrance was already in the living room. Thus, she couldn't help but smile when she saw him before greeting him, "Good morning."

However, Terrance's expression looked a little strange.

"Morning."

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

Mango smiled faintly and didn't take it to heart. Suddenly, Terrance said in a low voice, "Mango, Magnolia's injured, and she almost died."

"What? How did that happen?"

Mango's eyes narrowed subconsciously, but she felt uneasy.

"What's she up to now?"

Mango disliked Magnolia. Thus, she felt nervous when she heard Terrance bringing Magnolia up.

How could Magnolia get injured?

Why did she almost die?

But she lived in Desmond Blu's house!

Furthermore, the Dark Night Empire was protecting her, so how could she get hurt?

Hah! Magnolia must have been scheming something, right?

At the thought of this, Mango abhorred this woman even more.

When Terrance saw Mango's disdain, he sighed and said, "Unfortunately, you're wrong this time. She got injured. The other party evaded your people and entered her room directly, and they aimed the dagger straight into her heart. If it wasn't for her misaligned heart, I'm afraid she would have died by now."

Mango furrowed her brows when she heard this.

She didn't believe Terrance's words completely, but she knew that Terrance had no reason to lie to her.

Thus, Mango picked up the phone and went to the balcony so that she could call Ned.

"What's happening at Magnolia's place?"

Ned instantly felt regretful when he heard Mango's voice.

"Madam, I'm sorry, I failed to protect her, so she's still in the ICU! The assassin committed suicide when we caught him. Magnolia is unconscious now, and the dagger pierced through her completely. It seems that the other party really wanted her dead."

Mango's heart skipped a beat when she heard what Ned had said.

Wait, the assassin had pieced a knife through Magnolia's body?

Wasn't this too cruel?

After all, too many things had happened in the past year, so Mango didn't want to be careless. This was because she didn't want her children to get into trouble because of her selflessness and kindness, so she was always cautious.

"Find out who sneaked into Desmond's house. That place is full of our people, so did someone sneak in? Also, how did they manage to kill her?"

Ned was quite nervous when he heard how cold Mango sounded right now."

"I have already investigated this. The other party did not enter from our side but the house next door. Josiah has been conducting his experiments here. Thus, he opened a door to the backyard so that it would be more convenient. We did not know about this, but we only found out after asking Desmond about it once the accident had happened. After that, we quickly covered it up. Alas! This happened because we were negligent!" Mango's brows furrowed tightly when she heard Ned's explanation.

"How did the others know about this secret? Who lives next door to Desmond?"

Mango's voice grew increasingly harsher as she questioned Ned.

Thus, cold sweat started forming on Ned's forehead.

When did Mango become as intimidating as Mr. Ye?

Then, Ned wiped the sweat off his face and said softly, "Madam, I've checked. The house next door belongs to the Blanc family, and one of their relatives came to stay at this place for one month! I heard that the relative was close to Victoria. However, we never expected that this person would try to kill Magnolia and commit suicide!"

"Hah! So are you telling me that Victoria told someone about the back door of her house? She also told the assassin that I was going to arrange for Magnolia to move in? Is that right?"

Mango's questioned Ned sharply.

Thus, Ned couldn't take it anymore.

"Madam, it's my fault!"

"Your fault? Ned, do you know that someone almost died because of your negligence?"

Mango didn't want to reprimand him, but for some reason, she just couldn't suppress the emotions in her heart.

Even though Mango detested Magnolia, the latter was still her aunt and her grandfather's only remaining daughter.

Therefore, even if Magnolia had done something wrong, she and her grandfather would be the ones to punish her. This was definitely not something that she had expected. After all, she never thought that Magnolia would have almost died in the house the Mango had prepared!

On the other hand, Ned could tell that Mango was furious, so he couldn't help but broke out in cold sweat.

"I'm willing to accept any punishment."

"What? I don't need you to do any of that. All I want is the good results and the truth! I will not tolerate any mistakes next time! You should know that Nathan treated you like his brother, and he placed all our lives into your hands, Ned!"

Ned felt a little guilty when he heard this.

After all, he had to admit that he had slacked off.

He thought that Desmond's house would be the safest, and it was difficult for outsiders to lay their hands there. Besides, he really didn't think that he needed to spend a lot of effort to protect a woman whose background was unknown. That was why he went out to buy a pack of cigarettes when he changed shifts. However, he didn't expect something to happen to Magnolia at this time.

But, Ned knew that he had been negligent, so he knew that his explanation wasn't enough. Thus, he could not help but say, "Madam, I will accept the punishment. Also, I promise that this kind of thing will neve happen again."

"The Blanc family, right? Investigate this carefully! I want to know what exactly happened to Magnolia when she was stabbed. Also, make a public announcement about Magnolia's death."

Mango's words made Ned slightly stunned, but he immediately understood.

"Yes, Madam."

After hanging up, Mango's eyes turned a little cold. Her hands was trembling, and she had no idea whether it was because of her anger or something else...

A person was almost dead.

A wicked woman who had been living for more than 20 years was almost killed by a assassin?

Mango found it a little absurd.

If Magnolia was really such a good-for-nothing, perhaps she would have died in Angolla instead!

All of a sudden, Mango wanted to visit Magnolia as Ned had told her that the latter was currently in the intensive care unit.

She didn't care who was the culprit behind this assassination and what they wanted from her. However, she knew that no one could handle her fury right now.

Her chest was currently erupting with rage, and she wanted to vent it out on someone right now!