The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1417

Priscilla never thought that Tristan's men would be in her palace.

Suddenly, she recognized the guard in front of her. He was the son of a official whom she had saved from Laborn two years ago. At the time, the official had sent his son to be her bodyguard out of gratitude. During the past two years, this guard had abode by her orders and requests well. But what was happening now?

Was he working for Tristan?

At this thought, Priscilla's gaze suddenly hardened.

"Get in here and make yourself clear!"

With that, Priscilla turned around and returned to her room.

This was outrageous!

The guard didn't appear to be afraid nor worried. Instead, he followed Priscilla back to the palace and knelt in front of her.

"Please forgive me, Princess."

"What happened? When did you become one of

Tristan's subordinates? Tell me the truth!"

Priscilla was infuriated as she said this.

On the other hand, the guard wasn't even terrified. He looked at Priscilla and whispered, "I have always been serving Mr. Acker." "Hah! Are you telling me that you've always been his subordinate since the beginning? So the incident with Laborn was a setup?"

"No, it was real, but it was also a dangerous move by Mr. Acker."

The guard said in a low voice, "At that time, you wanted to develop your forces and power. As a result, you were placed in the limelight too often, so you caught Laborn's attention. To protect you, Mr. Acker planned for me to deliberately commit mistakes so that the king would catch me. At that time, my family was rivals with the forces that you were supporting. So, Laborn also wanted my family to be on your side so he didn't want you to support them. Thus, Mr. Acker got me to seize the opportunity to get close to you so that I could report your movements to him and protect you at the same time."

Priscilla felt a little upset after hearing this.

Wait. Did the guard mention that this happened two years ago?

Did that mean that Tristan had been monitoring her since two years ago?

Although Tristain had not monitored her himself, she still didn't feel great about it.

However, Priscilla did not continue to delve into this, and she thought about what the guard said instead. It seemed that Laborn had been cautious of her since two years ago. She had been complacent and so confident in herself that she thought she could withhold her information from Laborn. Hah! It turned out that she had been too naive instead!

Without Tristan protecting her in secret, she would have died many times over.

As she thought of the wounds the guard had suffered on her behalf for the past two years, she couldn't help but feel perplexed.

The more she learned about the truth, the more she felt that she owed a lot to Tristan. But Priscilla was not a person who liked to be indebted to others. What should she do then?

How could Tristan be so loathsome?

She had become indebted to him without her knowledge. What should she do?

Hence, Priscilla looked upset right now.

"I want to leave! Since you work for Tristan, so you should know that he is in a dangerous situation. I must go and help him. Do you want to watch him die without doing anything?"

The guard still insisted and said, "Princess, before Mr. Acker left, he said that no matter what happened, you must not leave the palace. Otherwise, my family and I will die. Please... I beg you to remember how dedicated I have been to you for the past two years! Please spare my family!"

After hearing this, Priscilla was stunned.

She had never imagined that Tristan would threaten her with the guards' family members.

That hateful jerk!

"But if he dies, won't you be afraid..."

"Mr. Acker will be fine as he will not be at the front line. Besides, Mr. Acker had said that the best way to solve this issue is to borrow someone else's strength!"

The guard's words slightly surprised Priscilla.

Was he planning to leverage on others to solve this?

What did that mean?

However, Priscilla also realized that Tristan would not carry out the attack himself.

She finally felt relieved.

"Do you know his plan?"

"I don't, but Mr. Acker gave me this order before he left. He said that if you asked about this, I should reply in this way to put you at ease."

"What? I'm not worried about him!"

Priscilla felt as if someone had offended her, and she was immediately pissed.

When the guard saw this, he lowered his head and said nothing, but Priscilla was still frustrated.

Hah! No wonder Tristan could come and go freely in her palace. It turned out that he had his men here!

"How many of my men are Tristan's?"

"I don't know. I only know that my duty is to protect the princess. There may be another messenger, but other than that, I don't know anything else."

Upon hearing the guard's words, Priscilla felt like picking a fight with Tristan. He was such a jack*ss!

She had always been proud of the fact that she could roam free and easy in her palace all these years because she was powerful. But now that she knew that Tristan was protecting her secretly, she felt terrible!

"Get out!"

"Yes, Princess."

The guard understood the situation and left immediately.

After listening to this, Maya looked at Tristan in a new light.

After all, it seemed like Mr. Acker had a deep affection for the Princess!

So they already knew each other two years ago?

However, Priscilla had never mentioned this person!

Didn't Priscilla always like Nathaniel all these years?

Suddenly, Maya remembered that after Nathaniel and the others left, Priscilla had not mentioned Nathaniel's name for a long time. However, she would mention Tristan's name from time to time. In fact, she would be either cursing him or worried about him.

Perhaps Priscilla had long fallen for Tristan, but she never realized it.

At this thought, Maya pursed her lips and lowered her head.

Meanwhile, Priscilla was startled when she saw this.

"Maya, do you also serve him?"

"No. I serve you, Princess."

Maya quickly answered to prove that she was on Priscilla's side.

Priscilla heaved a sigh of relief.

Now, it seemed like she wouldn't be able to leave even if she wanted to. Moreover, Tristan had said that he would leverage on the strength of others. So, he should be fine, right? With this thought in mind, Priscilla tried her best to suppress her worries and waited.

Soon, night fell quickly.

Priscilla knew that these few nights would not be peaceful as her enemies would try to stir up trouble.

Hence, she ordered her men to shut the entrance tight and retired early to bed.

However, she couldn't fall asleep, but she still had to pretend to be asleep.

Around midnight, a figure dashed into Priscilla's room and nimbly got into her bed.

Then, a familiar scent eased Priscilla's heart.

"Are you still awake? Were you waiting for me?"

"In your dreams! Get out! Your cold body is freezing."

Priscilla frowned slightly as she said this. She wanted to kick him off the bed, but he grabbed her ankle instead.

Then, Tristan smirked and said, "I was cold. That's why I came and hugged you."

"Urgh! You jerk!"

Priscilla had no choice but to submit to him as she couldn't break free from his embrace.

Meanwhile, Tristan did not do anything excessive. He just held Priscilla tightly in his arms as he never wanted to be separated from her.

After all, Priscilla was a stubborn woman. He knew that he would have a tough life ahead as he had fallen in love with her, but he had gotten used to it all these years.

He just had to take it easy then!

Tristan said these to himself before whispering in Priscilla's ear, "Bernard is dead. He is really dead now."

"Huh? What did you say?"

Priscilla was a little stunned to hear this. She wanted to get up, but Tristan stopped her.

"Don't move. Let me hold you for a while. I'm exhausted."

"How did he die? Are you sure? Tristan, how did you do it?"

Tristan couldn't help but laugh when he heard Priscilla asking so many questions.

"Didn't I asked my guard to tell you about this? It's just a matter of leveraging on the strength of others." "Leveraging on the strength of others? I've been wondering who would have the ability to get close to Bernard and avoid Atlas's men. Tristan, tell me quickly!"

Priscilla's voice sounded a little coquettish towards the end, but she didn't notice it herself.

Meanwhile, Tristan smiled and said, "It's true that outsiders can't get close to Bernard, but his men can, right?"

"What do you mean?"

Tristan saw that Priscilla was full of curiosity, and he couldn't hug her tightly anymore. Hence, he let her go and sat up.

"Go and get me a glass of hot water then. I'm thirsty."

Tristan ordered her as if he was her master.

When Priscilla heard this, she was slightly stunned before she gritted her teeth and glared at him. However, she still obediently got off the bed and poured him a glass of hot water.

On the other hand, Tristan could not help feeling a trace of warmth in his heart when she saw how docile Priscilla was.

When Tristan drank the hot water that Priscilla gave him, he felt that it had warmed him all over, including his heart.

Then, Tristan put the glass aside and then pulled

Priscilla into his arms. Her warm body drove the cold away from Tristan's body.

After that, he put his chin on Priscilla's shoulder and whispered, "Bernard had a lover, who was a girl who used to sell wine in a bar. She used to live a good life while selling wine, but unfortunately, she caught Bernard's eye. He was a b*stard, and he dragged her back home and assaulted her without a word. The girl already had a lover, but because of the incident, she wanted to commit suicide. However, Bernard threatened her with her family's safety. So she had to stay and serve him, and she became the person who warmed his bed."

"Urgh! How could he do something so inhumane?" Priscilla hated seeing men do such things. In fact, she thought that men who used their strength and power to force women into doing whatever they wanted were scum!

On the other hand, Tristan agreed with that.

"He is indeed inhumane. However, the worst thing was that the girl became pregnant. She wanted to abort the child at first, but because it was Bernard's first child, he looked highly upon the matter and had people watch the girl day and night. He even hired a nutritionist to nurse her body in hopes that she could give birth to the child."

Priscilla immediately became furious after hearing this.

"Bernard is just like his father! They are both b*stards! Alas! Women should have the choice of whether they want to bear children. Does he think he is still living in ancient times? So what if his father is royalty? He is already an illegal child, so does he want his child to be the same?"

Tristan saw Priscilla's agitation and felt comfort in the fact that the palace did not defile the kindness and integrity of this woman.

After that, he stroked Priscilla's hair and continued in a low voice, "Well, the wicked will be taken care of in the end. When Mango assassinated Bernard's substitute, he had lost some of his me. For his safety, he sought Atlas and joined hands with the latter to take over the throne of Angolla. At that time, Bernard was very cautious, and he replaced everyone else, except for the girl.", "So you bribed the girl and killed Bernard?"

Priscilla looked at Tristan as she asked this. For some reason, she felt a little uneasy.