The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1279

When Mango noticed Nathaniel's expression, she naturally thought of the last time she was poisoned.

She had thought that she was pregnant back then, but her body was actually tortured by poison once again.

The look in her eyes turned colder.

It turned out that Augustus was the mastermind!

Back then, she had thought that the woman would not be so capable, so he thought Bernard was behind it. She didn't expect it to have something to do with Augustus.

"Does this mean that Augustus and Bernard are working with each other? Or are they actually partners in crime?"

At the thought of this possibility, Mango's facial expression turned cold.

Although Lilian was taking care of Maverick, she was also constantly paying attention to Mango and Nathaniel. When she felt both of their cold gazes, she became a little more alarmed all of a sudden. "What do you want? Let me tell you, Mr. Abbott's men are all outside. You can't escape as soon as I shout for help."

"I mean no harm."

It was rare that Nathaniel actually explained himself.

Currently, Maverick was quiet as if he was asleep, but the state he was in would break anyone's heart.

Nathaniel had mixed feelings about it, but he still couldn't help but walk over to the latter.

He pictured Maverick crying at Nick's grave last time.

This man was not so cold-blooded after all.

When Nathaniel walked over, Lilian was on her guard against him. However, Mango pulled her aside and sat down wither. Nevertheless, her eyes were constantly fixated on Nathaniel. If Nathaniel were to do something to Maverick, she would be ready to retaliate anytime.

When facing her nervousness, Nathaniel couldn't help but smile and say, "You are really loyal to him."

Lilian did not speak at all, and her mood was not affected by him as well. She simply kept her gaze on him.

Nathaniel ignored her and took a look at

Maverick's injuries.

There were scars all over his body, new and old alike. Most of them resulted from knives.

When he saw the fresh wound on Maverick's heart, he seemed to understand the situation.

Did this man use bloodletting to get rid of the poison every time?

Was he out of his mind?

Or did he really think that he was immortal?

Nathaniel's eyes reddened abruptly, and his chest felt heavy.

Honestly speaking, only Nick seemed to be living a nice life among the three of them. However, his life span was also the shortest. Could Nathaniel and Maverick be considered the unlucky brothers? Maverick knew that he could be punished so severely for helping Nathaniel, but he still lent a helping hand. Whether it was a deliberate trap or a sincere one, Nathaniel knew that he had to go soft on the latter. "Take him away. Since Augustus doesn't cherish his son, I shall keep him by my side."

After saying that, he picked Maverick on his shoulder, but he suddenly heard a groan.

"Do you think I'm not dead enough, so you want to stab me a few more times more? Nathaniel, I don't work for you. What do you mean by me staying by your side?"

Maverick spoke in a low voice and his breath was very weak. But the three people present were stunned when they heard his words.

"Mr. Abbott!"

Lilian struggled to break free from Mango's grip and threw herself at him.

"Mr. Abbott, are you awake? Are you in pain? I'll get a painkiller for you later, I..."

"Shut up! You're too noisy."

Maverick growled as he frowned slightly.

Lilian stopped speaking instantly, but her eyes were still full of worry.

Maverick did not look at her at all. Instead, he looked upward at Nathaniel.

There was a coldness in Nathaniel's eyes, and there was not much emotion on his face, but Maverick just felt that the former was particularly cute and heartwarming at this time. "Why do you come here?"

"To see for myself if you're dead or not. If you're dead, I'll give you a proper burial. I've already dug out a grave in the space next to Nick. If you really die, I'll bury you beside him so that he won't be lonely." Nathaniel said with an indifferent expression. Even though his tone were cold and emotionless. Maverick laughed heartily.

"How badly do you want me dead? Nathaniel, let me down. You can't walk out of here just like this, and it's impossible for you to go back the way you came. The outside must have been heavily guarded, and the mountains where you came in from are likely been guarded. You can still survive if you don't go out. If you go out now, it'll be committing suicide. If you die, who will carry out my burial for me?"

Maverick coughed as he struggled to get up from Nathaniel's lap.

Lilian helped him up hurriedly upon seeing this.

"Mr. Abbott."

Then only Maverick glanced at her.

"Why are you in such an unsightly state? You're so ugly."

Lilian quickly lowered her head at his words and say, "I'm moving around in the mountains, so it's more convenient to dress like this."

"Help me to sit down."

Lilian took over by supporting Maverick, so Nathaniel did not touch him again. Instead, he returned to Mango's side and wrapped her in his arms.

Mango leaned against him as she said with a smile, "I think he is right. Right now, the most dangerous place is the safest for us. Augustus would never have thought that we would be here." "Okay, let's take a break."

Nathaniel helped Mango to sit down on the side. He also took out some hardtacks from his pocket and passed them to her.

"Have some biscuits. It'll replenish your energy."

Maverick was a little depressed when he saw Nathaniel's hardtacks.

"Hey, I'm injured here. I'm still like this. You have food on you, but why didn't you give it to me? Nathaniel, don't you feel ashamed of yourself?"

"She is my wife, so it is only right for me to give her some food. Who are you to me? Why should I give you any food?"

Maverick suddenly felt a bit hurt upon hearing Nathaniel's words.

"Who am I to you? Don't you know that?"

"I haven't the slightest idea, nor do I want to know."

Nathaniel finished his words curtly and tore open the packaging of the hardtack. He then passed it to Mango's mouth and said in a soft voice, "This biscuit is pretty dry. Eat it slowly and don't choke yourself. I'll go and see if there is any drinking

water here." "Alright."

Mango's lips curled upward slightly. She ate the hardtack as she looked at Maverick from time to time.

She felt that it was fun that Maverick had bickered with Nathaniel like a spoiled child.

Maverick pursed his lips as he said gloomily, "Nathaniel, you've gone too far."

"Mr. Abbott, I have some hardtack too. Let me get them for you."

Lilian spoke hurriedly, but Maverick rejected her offer.

"I don't want yours. I want his."

Lilian had never seen Maverick act in such a childish way, so she was stunned on the spot.

Meanwhile, Maverick looked at Nathaniel and said while ignoring everyone else, "Are you going to give them to me or not? If you don't give them to me, I will call for the guards. Then you'll have to stay here forever. Anyway, I'm Augustus's son after all. Catching you should be enough for me to redeem myself. I'll fill my table with lots of tasty food later. Let you all starve while looking at me eating."

Mango was truly flabbergasted by Maverick's words. She couldn't help but let out a laugh.

Nathaniel's lips curved upward slightly as well.

"It is just a biscuit. Do you need do this for one biscuit?"

Nathaniel looked at Maverick as he was really pleased with himself.

"Tell me, are you giving it to me or not?"

"Of course I'll give it to you. Since you've already said so, how can I dare to refuse you?"

Nathaniel threw another hardtack to him helplessly.

Maverick said to Lilian hurriedly, "Hurry up and bring it to me."

Lilian thought he was famished, so she quickly opened the package and handed it to him.

Maverick savored the hardtack like it was the tastiest thing in the world. He was grinning from ear to ear.

When Nathaniel saw that he was so happy, he smiled and said, "I forgot to tell you that Lilian has given us the hardtack to satiate our hunger on the way here. That is to say, the hardtack she has is no different from ours."

Maverick was taken aback slightly. Then he looked at Lilian.

Lilian nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, Mrs. Ye was too weak just now. I didn't have other ways at that time, so I gave them the hardtack."

Mango broke into laughter again. As she tugged Nathaniel's sleeve, she whispered, "Don't be so devious."

"I'm simply telling him the truth. Children in the kindergarten like to steal other people's food. They always think that other people's food is delicious, but they don't know that the food actually comes from their home."

Nathaniel's words made Maverick feel so depressed.

Mango had thought that Maverick would be angry, but in the end, he smiled and said, "It's fine. I just love to snatch other people's things. Even if it's something that comes from my family, I still want to rob it from others. So what? Do you have a problem with that?"

Nathaniel couldn't bear to see his ruffian look at all.

"Such a child."

"Aren't you the childish one? Why would you compare me to a kid in the kindergarten if you aren't childish?"

Maverick snorted as he looked at the remaining half of hardtack in his hand. Suddenly, he felt that it wasn't that tasty anymore.

"Ugh, I'm not eating anymore."

He gave the leftovers to Lilian straightaway.

Lilian was not sure if he was angry or not now, so she could only keep the hardtack away and go get some water.

After she left, Maverick looked at Nathaniel and said, "I will be locked up here for about five days, so I can only protect you for five days. You'd better find a way to leave as soon as possible."

"What if I refuse?"

As Nathaniel looked at the complicated emotions in Maverick's eyes, he could not stand it, but still he asked coldly, "Where is Morgan?"

"He is not here."

"Then where is he?"

Nathaniel's persistence to Morgan made Maverick feel a little down.

"Just mind your own business. Why do you care where he is? He won't die anyway. You all think he is under investigation and taken away by the army. He may be secretly executed, right? Then let me tell you, that's not He didn't get hurt at all! Besides, there are a troop at his disposal here. If he hadn't come here, my father wouldn't have been kept in check. So you really don't have to worry about his safety. Compared to him, you are in more danger. Only a fool like you would be stupid enough to come to Longford County with total disregard of your own life."

There was a conflicted look in Maverick's eyes.

Mango and Nathaniel were dumbfounded instantly.

Did Morgan have a secret army that could be deployed at his will?

So why didn't he contact Nathaniel and his own family?

The higher-ups suspended him and even placed him under an investigation. What was the meaning of all these?

Was it a cover up? In fact, was the real goal to let Morgan come here to look into something else?

Nathaniel was suddenly reminded of Carlson's words

The latter had said, "There's more to this than meets the eye. I know it very well."

All of a sudden, something seemed to have dawned on Nathaniel. Everything was suddenly clear to him.