The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1293

"Lilian Becham!"

Mango rushed forward and grabbed Lilian's arm before asking angrily, "You! Did you let Augustus go?"

"That's right."

Lilian confessed everything immediately.

She admitted her actions so calmly in front of many people, so Mango was stunned.

"Do you realise what you're saying? What on earth are you trying to do? Lilian, you are Maverick's wife! Why did you do this? Wait, who ordered you to do this? Maverick is still in a coma, so don't you dare harm him."

Mango exclaimed as she couldn't understand Lilian's intentions.

If Lilian was working for Augustus, she wouldn't have treated Maverick that well a few years ago. Furthermore, why didn't she tell Augustus to attack Nathaniel and Mango when they were in the ancestral hall? As long as she reported their whereabouts to Augustus, the latter could catch them immediately, and both Nathaniel and Mango would have no chance to escape!

Wait, perhaps Lilian didn't do so at that time because they wanted to use them as bait to find out where Morgan was?

Mango's heart skipped a beat at this thought.

If that was the case, Lilian was too cunning! What about Maverick? Did he know about Lilian's true colours?

The questions ran through Mango's mind, but she couldn't find an exact answer.

Meanwhile, Lilian remained calm and indifferent as she replied emotionlessly, "Take me back."

Mango was speechless when she heard this.

"Lilian, if you're facing any struggles, you can tell me about them."

"No, I'm not."

Lilian's responded calmly. However, Mango was very irritated by her nonchalant attitude.

After all, Lilian was the one Maverick cared the most about, so that latter had specifically asked Nathaniel to take care of him. However, it seemed that she had changed drastically.

Mango was depressed, but there was nothing she could do. Then, she said to the person beside her, "Bring her back. Be careful not to hurt her."

"Lilian Becham, this way please."

The bodyguards looked at Lilian in a different light as they said this.

Meanwhile, Lilian walked past Mango as if she didn't see her.

"Where did you send Augustus to?"

Mango wanted to salvage the situation, so she couldn't help but ask.

However, Lilian replied faintly, "I don't know. I was just responsible for sending him out of the village, and I'm not involved in other things."

After hearing that, Mango looked at Lilian's calm expression and let out a depressed sigh. Then, she waved her hand and ordered someone to bring Lilian back.

However, she did not lock Lilian up in the cave. Instead, the latter was imprisoned in Maverick's room.

Mango wanted to prevent Lilian from doing anything crazy, so she took away all of the sharp weapons in this place. In fact, she didn't even leave a single pillow behind.

After that, the house immediately became silent again.

Maverick was still asleep, and no one knew when he would wake up. However, his complexion was healthy, and he looked much more handsome.

Then, Lilian sat down beside him with mixed emotions in her eyes.

After that, she reached out and gently stroked Maverick face while whispering, "You're blaming me for doing this, don't you? After all, you think that I'm working for Augustus, right? Alas! Maverick, when will you wake up? I hope that you regain consciousness soon, but I'm afraid of that too. Heh. Maybe I shouldn't have fallen in love with you. Falling in love with you was a mistake, and I have thought about leaving you, too. But you'd be even depressed without me. After all, I am your only family."

Lilian's eyes turned a little teary as she spoke.

Then, she quickly raised her head and blinked her tears back.

"Maverick, I know that you're excited about the birth of our child. I wanted to give birth to this child if I could. Unfortunately, I can't do that. You would probably think that Augustus was the one who forced me to do this, right? If I tell you that I killed our child with my own hands, will you blame me? You will, right? After all, you're expecting this child eagerly. Thus, you probably how that we can become a happy family and live like an ordinary couple. Unfortunately, you fell in love with the wrong person. I'm not a good woman, Maverick. On the contrary, you are my enemy's son. How can

I be pregnant with my enemy's grandchildren?"

Lilian's tears finally fell down from the corners of her eyes.

However, she didn't bother wiping her tears. Then, she looked at Maverick, who remained motionless on the bed. After that, she sobbed and said, "Boohoo! Do you know? Augustus killed more than a dozen of my family members, including my grandmother, grandfather, and even my newly born nephew. I was once a little princess that my parents pampered. Argh! I was also a pure and innocent girl, but Augustus ruined everything."

As Lilian said this, tears rolled down uncontrollably as the past memories surfaced in her mind once again.

She had wanted to kill Maverick to avenge her family's death, but she couldn't bring herself to do it since Maverick treated her very well. In fact, he was so good to her that she almost forgot her identity. Thus, she only vowed to take on behalf of her deceased family members when she saw the array formation. Occasionally, she would imagine what kind of life she would have if Augustus had never gifted her to Maverick.

After all, she belonged to a family that knew how to use array formations.

Her family had a long history. A long time ago, her ancestors had left behind the Hikasa Manual, and all the family disciples were allowed to learn the skills in it. However, these skills was slowly forgotten and hidden because of civilisation. Despite that, she was the only one who was interested in that book since childhood, and she even had a good understanding of the formations. Thus, she learned it quickly and was once the best heir of their family.

Therefore, Lilian was proud and happy with her achievements. Unfortunately, her talents were discovered by Augustus. In order to take her away, Augustus arranged for her to stay by his side. Then, he killed her family and brought he way!

After a few years of secret training, he then sent her to Maverick.

Lilian would always remember the look on Maverick's face when they first met. At that time, Maverick had looked at her with pity and sympathy.

She thought she would lose her virginity the first night they stayed together. However, she didn't expect that Maverick just let her lie on the bed and didn't touch her at all. Instead, he let her do everything she wanted to do, and fulfilled all her wishes.

Finally, she was twenty-four years old when she finally belonged to Maverick. At that time, Maverick was drugged, but she volunteered to offer herself and saved him. Thus, Maverick had treated her differently since then.

She remembered very clearly what he said to her then. He told her to become his woman from then on, and he even promised to protect her with all he had.

At that time, Lilian actually wanted to ask if she could get her revenge since his father had killed her entire family.

However, she didn't say anything about it. This is because she could see that Maverick still had high expectations on Augustus.

She had always thought that Maverick was the only son of Augustus, and Augustus would definitely dote on him. Therefore, Augustus would be in great distress if she ever hurt his precious son. However, she was wrong. Alas! Augustus was in fact monstrous and inhumane.

Although Maverick had the heir to the Abbott family, he was almost a slave!

Well, Lilian knew that she should not sympathise with Maverick nor should she fall in love with him. However, she couldn't control her feelings for him. Hence, she fell head over heels for him every time he saved her from trouble.

When Lilian first got pregnant, she was scared

and terrified.

For the first time, she felt sorry for her parents and her ancestors. How could she give birth to her enemy's grandchild and betray them. How could she do this?

Therefore, Lilian schemed everything so that Maverick would think that Augustus killed her child. Then, she tried to sabotage the relationship between Maverick and Augustus.

Now that she thought about it, she couldn't bear to hurt Maverick was because she loved him too much.

She fell in love with the wrong man, but she couldn't undo this mistake anymore.

At this thought, Lilian started sobbing uncontrollably. She laid in front of Maverick's bed and whispered, "Look, I didn't intend to kill this child. It doesn't matter whether you believe me, but I didn't think I would get pregnant. Alas! Why did this happen? I have already taken the contraceptives, though. Maverick, I'm not a cruel person, but I have poison in my body because I saved you previously. Thus, I got pregnant even though I thought that would never happen. This child is very likely to be born with a disability or malnourished. How can I let my child be born like this? So don't blame me for this. Even if I can't give birth again in the future, I will not let the child come to this world to suffer. Maverick, this may be God's will. Well, the one thing I'm sure of is that we can never be together. No matter how much I love you, we're still not destined to be together, right?"

While saying this, Lilian sobbed and choked on her words. However, she did not notice that Maverick, who was sleeping in the bed, had budged slightly. He even struggled to open his eyes, but failed to do so. Meanwhile, Lilian was tired of crying and she wiped her tears away. After cleaning up, she also wiped Maverick's face with a hot towel.

She wiped his face gently, just like a virtuous wife. However, now that she had awoken from her dream, so she had to face reality.

At this thought, Lilian looked at Maverick reluctantly. She leaned down and kissed his lips gently. Then, she whispered, "Maverick, I love you. I really do, but I can't be with you. You should forget about me and start all over. You can find a beautiful girl again. Now that you've recovered from the vermin, you can give birth to tons of children with another woman, isn't it? However, I hope I can meet you in my next life and fall in love with you once again."

After that, she got up slowly and looked at the morning glow outside with a relieved smile on her

lips.

"Dad, mom, grandpa, grandma, and all my dear family members! I'm coming to accompany you guys soon. Wait for me!"

Then, Lilian took out a pack of powder from her pocket and poured it into her mouth without hesitation.