The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1389

"Father, let's go home first."

Tristan interrupted Arlo, exchanged a glance with Teagan, and left the palace.

"My lord, they have left."

Meanwhile, a maid came forward and reported to Laborn.

Laborn swept everything in front of him to the ground and said coldly, "That Tristan is too arrogant."

"Your Majesty, do you want me to send someone to teach him a lesson?"

Just then, a guard came out of the darkness.

Of course, Laborn wanted to deal with Tristan, but now the research still needed him. Thinking of this, he said angrily, "Not yet. Let him be for the time being. Have you brought back Bernard's body? Have you found anything?"

"We brought it back. The coroner examined it and said that he was shot by a sniper. Judging from the location of the scene, there should be two snipers, but one of them didn't have a clear shot. We have put Sir Bernard's body in the morgue and also sent someone to inform Prince Atlas. Prince

Atlas should be back soon."

Hearing the guard's report, Laborn frowned.

"Who says he can return? Right now, we haven't found Mango and Nathaniel yet. We don't know if there are any of their men in the palace. If Atlas returns now, he'll be in danger. Tell him not to come. I'll bury Bernard like my own son. Tell him to focus on raising more money. The recent research has been a huge burden. We can't hold on any longer."

"Yes, my lord."

The guard obeyed Laborn's order and left.

All these years, Atlas had been obeying Laborn without any complaints and protests, which caused Laborn to think that Atlas was willing to work for him. Now, even if Bernard, Atlas' only son, had died, all Laborn cared about was the money.

Laborn had always thought that treating Bernard like his own son was an act of kindness to Atlas, but he forgot that if Atlas had not sacrificed, Atlas could have been a carefree prince here and led a better life while Bernard had his own honor.

When Atlas heard Laborn's order, his expression darkened and he didn't say a word, but there was a trace of anger in his eyes.

His only son was dead, yet Laborn did not allow him to return.

His wife and son had died for their country, but as a husband and a father, he could not even hold an official identity.

This was the first time Atlas had felt so upset all these years.

Back then, he hadn't felt this way about Laney's death, as after all, she was just another woman. He had married her in order to get rid of Laborn's hostility towards him, and now, he had countless women at his disposal for many years and couldn't even remember what Laney had looked like. However, that woman gave birth to a son for him, so that he could continue his family line. Therefore, he gave her the title of a 'princess', and even if she died for the country, she was buried in the royal cemetary.

But Bernard was different.

He was his son! His only son! Atlas hadn't talked to him before, and he hadn't even met him personally. He didn't even know how he was all these years.

Bernard was his only concern and the person he cared about, and now that Bernard was dead, Laborn did not even allow him to attend the funeral.

Was it because Atlas had been in the shadows for too long to the extent that Laborn was used to using him? Was Atlas merely someone for Laborn to order around? A shadow?

No! He was a human!

He was the prince of Angolla!

Now that his son was dead, he had to return and take a look, even just one glance.

Then, Atlas packed up his things and said coldly, "We're returning to Angolla."

In fact, he was already near the border, but without Laborn's permission, he could not enter. But now, he didn't care anymore, and he just wanted to see his son.

Meanwhile, Atlas had just departed when Laborn received the news, and he was furious.

"He's rebelling! He's actually disobeying the king's orders. What is he trying to do? Create an uprising?"

Laborn was already very angry as Tristan had challenged him back there, and now, even his most obedient brother was resisting him. How could he stand it? "Tell him to withdraw from the border immediately, otherwise, don't blame me."

Laborn smashed a glass in anger.

When Atlas heard the news, he was fuming too. He had already come home and was able to see

his son soon. Laborn was actually driving him away?

Just when Atlas didn't know what to do, Tristan appeared.

"Prince Atlas!"

Tristan stood in front of Atlas with a mask. Atlas was stunned at the mask that everyone was familiar with and the unique symbol of the Acker family.

"Sir Tristan?"

"It's me. Does Prince Atlas recognize me? It seems that Prince Atlas's heart is still in Angolla. I thought it was just like what the king said. Prince Atlas likes the outside world and has forgotten that he was a prince of Angolla."

Tristan's words made Atlas frown slightly as he felt very uncomfortable.

"Sir Tristan, what do you mean?"

"It's not up to me to explain that. Since Prince Atlas has returned, let's go see your son. Sir Bernard really doesn't know when to retreat. He wants to fight for the throne with the king's son. That's a little too much."

Tristan's words made Atlas' expression darken.

"What are you talking about, Sir Tristan? I don't "It doesn't matter if Prince Atlas doesn't understand. After all, it's better you don't."

understand."

After saying that, Tristan turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Atlas.

"Sir Tristan, let's keep in contact."

"Sure."

Tristan did not refuse, gave his number to Atlas, and left.

"Go and find out why Bernard died."

At first, Atlas didn't think too much about it and thought that if Mango and Nathaniel were here, they would have definitely target Bernard. However, now that he heard Tristan's words, it seemed that Bernard's death was related to Laborn's son.

Who was it?

Who killed his son?

Was it Prestin or Lebanon?

Suddenly, Atlas recalled that Lebanon was Mango's cousin and had even killed Laney, so he added as he knew how deep was Bernard's hatred for Lebanon.

"Investigate on Lebanon carefully. If he was the one who did it, I want him to die with my son."

"Yes, my lord."

After that, his men quickly went to investigate.

Meanwhile, Tristan's men had long been waiting for Atlas to make a move, so naturally, Atlas had received news that Prestin had assassinated Bernard. In order to protect his son, Laborn had planned to push the blame onto Nathaniel and Mango.

At that time, Prestin did send someone to follow Bernard, but this person was quickly controlled by Tristan, so the story was able to go Tristan's way.

When Atlas heard the news, he was furious.

"Hah! And he's actually my brother! He had promised that he would take good care of my son, but now his son had killed Bernard. No wonder he didn't let me return to see my son. He's afraid that I will find out about the truth! For so many years, I couldn't go back home and couldn't even use my own name, all for his sake! I had been living like a dead person. My wife and son are gone, and why was my family destroyed? To let him thrive! But now, he can't even let my only son live. Does he even regard me as his brother?"

How much support Atlas had for Laborn before all turned into anger in this moment.

Bernard was indeed his soft spot, and now that his only concern was gone, Atlas's grievances over the past few years were all vented, and it was completely out of control. Meanwhile, however, Tristan didn't care how heartbroken Atlas was. He returned to the car and quickly returned to the Acker family's mansion with Arlo and the others.

Tristan was afraid that this matter would bring harm to the Acker family, so he had sent them away with all kinds of excuses a long time ago. However, he didn't know why Arlo had suddenly come back and was invited to the palace by the king.

Soon, when they returned home, Tristan quickly brought Arlo into the study, along with Teagan.

When the door was closed, Tristan looked at Teagan and said to him, "Teagan, kneel down." Without a word, Teagan knelt down before Arlo and bowed his head three times.

Arlo was stunned at this.

"What are you doing?"

"Father, I want to tell you something."

Tristan looked at Arlo and said in a low voice, "Teagan is not an orphan, nor a secret guard that my mother brought back from the orphanage to grow up with me. He is an Acker. He is Miss Zhang's son, and also your son."

As soon as these words came out of Tristan's mouth, Arlo's entire body froze. Then, without warning, tears rolled down his cheeks as he looked at Teagan in disbelief. Teagan's appearance truly did resemble his mother.

"What's going on?"

Arlo choked with sobs.

Back then, his wife had lost her ability to bear a child after a car accident. Arlo knew that he was very disrespectful to his wife by cheating on her, but the Acker family was an aristocratic family with decades of history. Although they had fallen into poverty, Arlo couldn't end the Acker family's line. Thus, he got drunk very often and had even planned to hire someone to bear his child. However, he didn't think that he would actually fall in love with a woman from a nightclub.

The woman's surname was Zhang, and her name was Rosita. She was an innocent lady who had a good voice, and when Arlo was with her, he would forget all of his troubles. It didn't take long for Rosita to get pregnant, which made Arlo very happy. However, Arlo's wife became jealous and had hired someone to kill Rosita and the child in her belly.

It was during that time that Magnolia saved Rosita and her son, but shortly after, something happened to Rosita when she was giving birth. Arlo's wife wanted to get rid of Rosita and did not want the illegitimate child to be born, so she hired someone to assassinate them. To protect her newborn son, Rosita was stabbed dozens of times and had died in a pool of blood. The child was said to not escape that tragedy either, so when Magnolia handed Tristan over to him, he really treated him like his own son.

Now that Tristan was telling him that Teagan was his and Rosita's son, Arlo simply couldn't believe it.

How could this be possible?

More than twenty years ago, he had seen the badly mutilated child with his own eyes and he was so heartbroken back then that he had almost joined them. If Magnolia hadn't given Tristan to him, he wouldn't have lived through the pain this easily.

However, the person who had been assumed dead was now standing in front of him. When Arlo laid eyes on Teagan, who resembled Rosita and Arlo very much, Arlo's heart surged as it was unbelievable.