The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1241

Mango felt extremely uneasy as she was affected by the atmosphere.

"Aria, although your sister's sacrifice wasn't the ending we wanted, but we can't guarantee the hatred of terrorists, can we? Fortunately, your sister had died with honor, while Michael had also avenged your sister, so don't be too sad. What you need to think about for the moment is that your parents are still alive, but they don't know your existence. They thought that you were dead 18 years ago. At that time, your mother was so devastated, she attempted to commit suicide several times, but was pulled over. Meanwhile, your sister was sacrificed again 10 years later. Honestly speaking, your mother had a tough time over the years, do you wish to go home?"

Aria was immediately stunned.

Home?

She had a family of her own?

Aria had always thought that she was an orphan and abandoned because she was a girl or perhaps an illegitimate daughter. She was abandoned as her identity was despised by others, little did she expect that she was sold by people smugglers.

Meanwhile, her parents had sacrificed and endured too much over their loss.

It turned out that she could actually own a perfect family.

Her sister was a martyr, a hero. What about her?

What the heck had she done?

She was a killer, and her brother-in-law was the first person she assassinated!

What was worse, she had even slept with him.

Although she didn't do it voluntary, it became a fact.

Aria's heart was mixed with various emotions and she was at loss with words.

All of a sudden, she thought of something and abruptly raised her head and asked, "Where's Maverick? Have you caught Maverick?"

"Not yet. We haven't investigated thoroughly about his incident."

Mango was also depressed regarding that.

Maverick had well protected himself, the men in the alliance had no way catching him.

Aria's heart sank.

She shook her head and said, "I had no idea how much Maverick knew about my identity as Valentina's sister. However, since he could bring me back promptly at that time, and he even sent me to Michael, I reckoned that he must know my real identity. Since you managed to check on it, he may have already figured it out from the beginning. I'm afraid that my parents will be held hostage by him now." "You can rest assured that our people have already guarded your parents. Regardless of who he is, that's no way for them to hurt your parents."

Upon hearing Mango's remarks, Aria asked in confusion, "How are you guys that powerful? Don't ever underestimate the ability of Maverick's subordinates by seeing my poor skills. They are talented, while I'm just an exception. In the past, I thought that it was because Maverick was interested in me that he tolerated my dumbness, only now I realized Maverick tolerated me was due to my appearance." Aria gave a wry smile with bitterness in her eyes.

After all, it was indeed awful being cheated by her beloved man.

Mango patted her shoulder and said in a low voice, "It's not that how powerful we are, but we've told the local government and reported the matter to the military region. Your sister was a martyr, and the officer from the upper level has the responsibility to protect the safety of your parents. Hence, please rest assure that nobody would dare to hurt your parents under the control of the military region. I would like to ask if you want to go home? If you wish so, I'll tell your parents through our networks that you still exist, thereupon you can go back and reunite with them. Surely enough, you can only return home after you've dea with the incident of you stabbing Michael."

Aria paused for a moment and said with a bitter smile, "I know, I've hurt Michael. They'll definitely wish me dead."

"It's unlikely so. As long as Michael can survive, he won't let others harm you simply because your identity is Valentina's younger sister. You may be unaware that Michael is a very protective person. In order to avenge your sister, he took off his military uniform and went into the den of terrorists alone, and even destroyed their headquarters alone back then. He almost died, but he still insisted on killing the enemies himself. Although your parents did not agree for him to worship your sister, Michael still took advantage of all his powers and approached to raise your parents' filial piety. He asked someone to buy insurance with massive benefits for your parents and even paid their neighbors to be good to them. He would rush over at any time when your parents are in need, and he could solve those problems without intervened himself. He was trying filial piety to your parents on behalf of Valentina using his own way, and earned a lot of money over these years, all for your parents."

Mango had only found out everything that Michael had done to the Brass family recently.

To be honest, as a woman, it was indeed blessed to be loved by a man like Michael. Unfortunately, Valentina's life was simply too short, she couldn't had the pleasure.

However, Michael suffered a lot since her death.

Aria listened silently.

She felt as if she was a little sh*t as she listened and got to know deeper.

She couldn't believe that she had stabbed Michael, the good brother-in-law of hers.

"I'm sorry, I had no idea, I truly didn't know anything. What can I do to wake him up? As long as he wakes up, I will do anything. Don't tell my parents for the time being, I'm afraid that they will be drawn into a wild goose chase."

Aria was a child who was desperate for love, otherwise she would not fall for Maverick merely at her first sight.

Over those years, she had been working hard to achieve her goal. She had known that she dislikes brutal scenes, but still she was trained every day. Not to mention that she even came over to kill someone to be his bride.

Aria felt that she was a stupid woman upon recalling on what she had done.

However, Michael was silently conducting all the deeds.

Aria look over the matter again by setting aside her personal emotions. She felt that Michael had done nothing wrong, but she was self-inflicted on the contrary.

She was also a woman who could not get who she loved.

Realizing how affectionate Michael was to her sister, Aria felt envious and guilty at the same time.

If her elder sister was still alive and learned that she had hurt Michael, she would probably be heartbroken.

Aria simply hoped that Michael could wake up, even if she had to pay for it with her life.

Mango felt somewhat relieved upon seeing Aria behaving this way.

After all, Aria was still a kindhearted girl by nature.

"Don't worry, I won't let you go overboard. We just need you to talk to Michael according to the script given to you." Mango's remarks made Aria slightly stoned.

"Just talk to him?"

"Yup, just talk to him."

Just as Mango finished speaking, there was a knock on the door coming from outside.

"Miss, Boss asked us to bring you some clothes."

"Come in."

Mango replied indifferently.

The subordinate came in with a white dress in his hand.

"Miss, Boss said he wanted Aria to wear it."

"You may leave now."

Mango took the box and passed it over to Aria.

"Put it on. This is the dress which your sister liked the most, she loved white. You just have to pretend to be your sister and talk to Michael, perhaps it'll work."

Mango was uncertain if Nathaniel's method would work, but they could only give it a try.

Michael did not wish to survive at that time, they could only try and see if Valentina's appearance could arouse his feelings again.

Aria nodded and changed into the clothes that was handed to her. After that, she combed her hair according to Valentina's preferences.

Looking at herself who seemed familiar but somehow not, Aria couldn't differentiate if it was her for a moment. However, she didn't care about her own feelings, as long as Michael managed to wake up, she would feel at ease.

They went to the hospital.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel had already arrived in advance.

Mango whispered to him, "Why didn't you tell me before you came here?"

"I'm here to make some arrangements."

Nathaniel held Mango's hand.

Aria took a glance at her, Mango nodded at her before she opened the door and entered into the room.

It was the first time that Aria seen Michael after she stabbed him.

He was seemingly asleep, or not breathing.

His face looked serene, without violence or cruelty, he looked clean in whole.

Only then did Aria realize that Michael was really good-looking.

If he wasn't overwhelmed by violence all the time, he actually looked like a refined scholar with delicate features.

It reckoned that he was always attracted by many wherever he went.

Aria walked over and grabbed Michael's hand, only to found out that his hand was very cold, which was terrifyingly chilly without any warmth.

"Sis..."

Aria was just about to call him brother-in-law, she was then recalled that she was actually dressing up as Valentina at the time, she whispered, "Michael, can you hear me? I'm Valentina." Aria's voice didn't resemble with Valentina's voice at all, but the name had became Michael's obsession.

When the name uttered out of a her mouth into his ears, Michael twitched for a second.

Aria was indeed shocked and continued, "Michael, open your eyes and look at me, okay? I'm surrounded by those people. They beat me up, scolded me, forced me to do things I don't like. Do you know what I was thinking at that time? I missed you. I was thinking how brave and tough you'd be for me, you'd come and save me, right? Michael, I'm waiting for you, come and save me. Where are you? Can you hear me?"

Aria's tears fell drop by drop on the back of Michael's hand, her heated hands immediately made Michael frowned.

Valentina!

"Don't be afraid, Valentina. I'm here to save you, I'll definitely come back to save you!"

Michael had a will to stay alive.

No way!

He could not simply lie here.

Where was he?

It was so dark that he couldn't see anything.

How about Valentina?

Where was she?

She was so fragile and weak, how would those people treat her like that?

Michael was panting heavily.

He wanted to break through that dark layer, but he couldn't figure out where the door was, he could only struggle in place. As he ran, he could still hear the soft weeping from Aria.

"Michael, don't you love me anymore? You don't love me anymore, right? That's why you didn't come and save me, it was also the reason why you're sleeping peacefully here. Look at me, my arms and legs had been chopped off, do you know how much it hurts? Michael, do you know that I'm hurt?"

"No!"

Michael shouted and sat up at once, his back was drenched with cold sweat.