The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1278

"Should we go up and ask Lilian about it?"

Mango knew it as soon as she saw him space out for a while.

"Aren't you afraid that it's a trap?"

Nathaniel's voice was cold and emotionless, but his facial expression softened.

Mango said in a low voice, "Even if it's a trap, we still have to go. After all, that man has endured so much for you. You'll definitely feel guilty if you don't help him out. You don't want to owe him any favors, do you?"

Nathaniel didn't say anything. He simply held on tightly to Mango's hand. His grip was a little too strong.

The duo relished in the silence for a moment before Nathaniel said, "I'll go alone. You go back and get the children first."

"I want to go with you."

Mango knew that Nathaniel didn't want her to be involved in this, but she couldn't let him go alone.

Nathaniel's mood was unstable right now because of the Golden Lancehead Venom. If something bad happened, she would be really worried.

Nathaniel chuckled as if he had anticipated her response. There was a tenderness in his gaze.

"You always make it impossible for me to refuse you."

"Then don't."

Mango wrapped her arms around his slim waist and leaned gently against his chest. She said softly, "I will accompany you as long as it is something you want to do." "Alright."

Nathaniel held onto Mango tightly. Then he grabbed the rope and climbed up with her.

Lilian's men had gone far from there, but Nathaniel could still identify their tracks.

Mango followed Nathaniel all the way. They finally subdued Lilian when she was alone.

"Don't move, or else, I don't guarantee what will happen to you."

The sharp dagger was pressed against Lilian's waist. Its coldness seemed to pierce through her clothes to reach her skin.

Lilian froze momentarily. She was a little upset, but also a little dejected.

She turned around abruptly, not caring at all whether or not she would be hurt by Mango's dagger. Mango was taken by surprise because of her decisiveness. She quickly took a step backward. However, Lilian spotted a chance.

Her fingers quickly moved towards Mango's neck. She looked like she was about to strangle the latter to death.

Nathaniel simply watched from aside. He did not make a move.

The battles they had gone through along the way here had made him realize that Mango lacked experience in fighting. He could protect her always, but he couldn't guarantee that he would always be by her side.

In the end, she had to train herself through proper battles.

Now that everything was under his control, he had no intention of taking any action. He wanted to see how Mango would crack the move.

Mango didn't expect Nathaniel to come to her rescue either. The moment Lilian assaulted her, she had already understood the other party's intentions. She calmly leaned forward as she quickly threw a kick at the latter at the instant the duo approached each other.

Lilian was kicked into the distance by Mango abruptly.

She fell to the ground while Mango stood in the woods. Lilian was a little annoyed by her indifferent aura.

It had been a long time since she last failed.

The woman in front of her was quite skilled in fighting. Unfortunately, she could sense that the latter was panting a little.

As long as she dragged Mango into a longer fight, even if the latter had good skills, she would definitely be worn out due to the lack of stamina. At that time, that would be the key to Lilian's victory. Lilian was more worried about Nathaniel, who was watching the battle beside them.

She knew this man. After all, Maverick had shown her a photo, so she was able to guess Mango's identity. However, even so, she would still like to see who would be the winner between her and Mango. She didn't know why she was doing this, but she seemed to be doing it for her competitiveness. After all, she was Maverick's woman. But it seemed that there were other reasons as well. In short, she had mixed feelings about it.

After a short exchange of blows, Lilian leaped up from the ground as she charged towards Mango once again..

Mango's stamina was indeed lacking, and this was her most fatal weakness right now. Even so, she did not show any sign of fear. Instead, the moment Lilian attacked her, she directly switched the dagger from her right hand to her left hand. As she bent down to dodge the attack, she placed the dagger on the latter's neck with her left hand.

The winner was obvious now. Lilian glanced at her and said placidly, "Are you capturing me because of Mr. Abbott?"

"Yes, take us to him now."

Mango let go of the dagger. Nathaniel quickly walked forward and pulled her into his embrace.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Just a little tired. It seems that I really should train myself well."

Mango forced a bitter smile, but she didn't say anything else.

Lilian looked at them being intimate as if there was no one else present. She couldn't help herself as a trace of sorrow flickered across her eyes.

"Aren't you afraid that I'm the one who set this trap? I'm deliberately sending you to your deaths?"

"If so, we will accept our fate."

Lilian froze momentarily upon hearing Nathaniel's words.

Wasn't Nathaniel a cold-hearted person?

Wasn't it rumored that he wasn't fond of Mr.

Abbott?

Looking at him now, he seemed like great buddies with Mr. Abbott no matter how one looked at it.

Lilian's eyes turned red as her voice choked with sobs.

"I hope you truly want to save Mr. Abbott. Otherwise, I won't let you off the hook."

Mango glanced at Lilian and didn't quite understand what she meant. However, she saw the latter turn around to leave while saying in a low voice, "Come with me. Right now, I don't know how Mr. Abbott is doing."

Nathaniel and Mango looked at each other before they followed her footsteps.

Lilian took them with her and avoided the crowd. They went up the mountain through a trail, and then she opened a secret tunnel behind a tree.

It was dark inside the secret tunnel.

Nathaniel looked at it and furrowed his brows slightly.

Mango couldn't help but think of the incident in the Underground City.

It was Walter who went with her at that time. Now she didn't know how Walter was doing. Did anyone take care of Deborah after her miscarriage?

At the thought of this, Mango felt a little downhearted.

Nathaniel could sense her sadness. He held her hand and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

"It's fine. I just remember Walter and the things that happened in the Underground City."

Nathaniel froze for a while.

He knew the reason Walter went back to the Underground City.

Now that he had another brother, he hoped that they could become real brothers.

Nathaniel took out his phone and turned on the flashlight. He lit up the path for Mango.

When Lilian saw this scene, her eyes flickered with a hint of longing. However, she led the away without saying anything.

She finally stopped after they walked for about half an hour.

There was no path ahead.

Nathaniel and Mango looked at Lilian as she opened the stone slab on the ground. Then she jumped straight onto the slab.

Mango took a glance at Nathaniel. When he saw Nathaniel nod, the two of them jumped onto the slab as well.

After going up, Mango discovered that this was an ancestral temple.

Maverick was lying on the ground covered by blood. No one knew whether he was still alive, but he was very still and it was really scary. Some of the blood had dried up, while some was still seeping out.

Lilian's eyes reddened all of a sudden.

"Mr. Abbott, hey... wake up. Wake up, it's Lilian!"

Lilian held Maverick in her arms and burst into tears in an instant.

She shouldn't have listened to him and gone to find Nathaniel and his wife

She should have stayed and accompanied him.

Even if it was a punishment, even if it was practicing the arts of poisoning, she could still take up some damages for him, couldn't she?

However, as she looked at Maverick's pale face, she felt such an excruciating pain inside her chest.

Nathaniel had never seen such Maverick in such a sorry state.

He thought that Maverick was the son of Madeline and Augustus. He was the embodiment of their love. Moreover, he was the only son of Augustus, so he had a noble identity. However, he never thought that the latter would lie on the ground like this, as his life force seeped away little by little.

Mango was also appalled.

She looked around at the surroundings and at Madeline's memorial tablet. She could not help but feel a little ironic.

Nathaniel quickly stepped forward as he wanted to check if Maverick was still breathing, but Lilian stopped him quickly.

"What on earth are you doing?"

Her eyes were scarlet. There were alertness and a hint of murderous aura in them. She looked like she was ready to kill everyone.

At this moment, Nathaniel knew that she loved Maverick to the core.

"I'm checking if he is still breathing."

"Mr. Abbott is still alive, but he is very weak. He has likely just removed the bug from his body. Don't touch him or anything here. The big jar here is full of poisonous bugs."

Lilian quickly took out a porcelain bottle from her pocket. Then she took out a pill and stuffed it into Maverick's mouth.

However, she didn't succeed in stuffing it inside. It was unknown whether it was because he subconsciously rejected everything in the outside world when he was unconscious, or because he was too weak right now.

Maverick kept his mouth shut tightly. The harder Lilian tried, the harder he resisted.

Lilian had no choice but to place the pill in her mouth. Then she lowered her head to kiss him.

It was the familiar scent and familiar warmth of the body. Maverick relaxed a little at the invasion of her tongue.

He hugged her abruptly and grabbed the back of her head with one hand. Then he kissed her passionately as if it was only natural to do so.

Meanwhile, his other hand was busy too. He even began to tear her clothes apart as if he had practiced it many times before. It almost seemed natural to him.

Mango's face had blushed a deep red. Meanwhile, Nathaniel swiftly blocked her from the view. He stretched out his hand and pulled her into his embrace before he said in a low voice, "Close your eyes and have some rest for a while."

"Okay."

Mango felt really awkward.

Her face turned redder as she heard the familiar moans around her.

Maverick seemed to be dying just now. How could one move from Lilian make him so impatient and lustful? Didn't he care if there were other people around him?

When Nathaniel heard the sound of Maverick swallowing the pill, he took out a bullet from his pocket and threw it at the latter.

Maverick was knocked out instantly.

Lilian got up from Maverick in her dishevelled clothes. Her face was flushed, but her eyes were tender.

"Thanks."

"Is he always like this? Doesn't Augustus have anything to say about it?"

Nathaniel did not notice that his hand was tightly clenched. They were even shaking slightly.

Mango knew that he was angry because he cared very much.

There was a coldness in Lilian's gaze. She said in a low voice, "This is Augustus' punishment for Mr. Abbott. Normally, Mr. Abbott will be detained for five days without food and drink. He may even poison Mr. Abbott. If Mr. Abbott can't detoxify the poison, he can only wait for his own death. I have been with Mr. Abbott since I was 18 years old. For many years, he has spent his time here."

Nathaniel's eyes grew colder all of a sudden.

Poisoning his own son?

Augustus knew how to poison someone?

So did he have something to so with Mango's poisoning last time?