The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1457

Since he knew their request, Desmond wasn't as worried anymore. Although Victoria said that she had Haniya in captivity, Desmond saw the training Haniya went through all those days, so Haniya would be able to hold on before he reached the place. Furthermore, Victoria also wouldn't dare to harm Haniya.

Hence, Desmond hung up the phone and called Nathaniel directly.

"Mr. Ye, Haniya has been kidnapped."

"I know. Why did you turn off your phone?"

When he said that, Desmond was highly regretful. He wanted to enjoy his alone time with Haniya, but he didn't expect to cause trouble for all of them just because he had done so.

"It's my fault. I won't do it again. Victoria called me and said that she had captured Haniya and asked me to go to their place. Their goal should be my blood, but Mango also needs it. What should I do?" Desmond didn't want to give even a drop of his blood to Victoria, but they had Haniya in their hands, so he had to go.

He had to tell Nathaniel and Mango about this situation as he would need Dark Night Empire's assistance when the time came.

As Desmond already knew what was going on, Nathaniel said, "We let them capture Haniya because we wanted to defeat them using their own plan! We couldn't contact you then, so we decided on this ourselves.

"What? We're going to defeat them using their own plan?"

When he heard those words, Desmond inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still worried.

"Why on earth did Haniya go to find Victoria?"

"It was part of our plan. We've received news that someone is in contact with Jose, as they wanted your blood for genetic research. That was why Victoria contacted with Haniya, and the latter went along with it. Don't worry too much. Haniya has an antidote given by Noah, so she shouldn't be affected by their drugs. Our goal is simple, that is to uncover the person behind Jose and get rid of this threat for the future." Nathaniel hid part of it, but he still told Desmond the general idea of the matter.

On the other hand, Desmond immediately understood Mango and Nathaniel's wish. They wanted to get rid of this threat so that he could have a safe future.

He could not help but feel warmth at the bottom of his heart.

"Mr. Ye, thank you."

"Why are you saying that? Where are you now? Are you going over immediately?"

"Yes, I'll go over. Since I'm their target, it wouldn't be right if I didn't show up. But Mr. Ye, you have a plan, don't you?"

"Yes, go over and be our bait. I've already arranged people on the peripheries. When they attack you, we will move at any time."

Nathaniel had already made the preparations before Desmond had contacted him.

After all, this was still Ocean City, which was still his territory. He had been quiet for some time, but Carlson's men were also in the city, so he could also mobilize them if the situation called for it. "Okay, I'll follow your plan."

After hanging up, Desmond stood up.

There were few people left in this originally lively restaurant, and his blind date with Haniya turned out to be a failure in the end.

When he saw what time he was, he thought that Haniya probably hadn't eaten lunch. Therefore, he bought some tacos to go.

After he got on the car and kept the tacos, he drove to Victoria's address.

As soon as he arrived, Desmond saw that the place was highly guarded, and the bodyguards looked at him with much excitement.

Desmond did not understand why they looked that way, but when he thought of Nathaniel's arrangement, he still calmed down and walked into the place after parking his car.

On the other hand, Victoria frowned when she saw Desmond walk over so calmly.

"You are such a cold-blooded b*stard! My daughter died for you, and you didn't shed even a few tears. Now, I kidnapped Haniya because she was worried about you, but you didn't know anything about it! I thought you would come quickly, but it took you half an hour to do so. Desmond, you are a cold-blooded person right down to your bones. No one is important to you, right?"

Desmond felt bad when Victoria asked that question.

Was he cold-blooded?

When Marissa died, he desperately wanted to die along with her. However, he was not good at expressing himself, and even if he didn't cry, it didn't mean that he was not upset. But, Victoria wouldn't be able to understand these things.

"Where is Haniya?"

Desmond only wanted to know if Haniya was alright.

However, Victoria said with a sneer, "Hehl Did you come alone?"

"What else can I do?"

Victoria was still worried. After she asked someone to check it out and found that Desmond was indeed alone, she was finally relieved.

"Since you are so worried about her, why don't you come in and have a look yourself?"

Desmond saw that Victoria had a sparkle in her eyes as she said these words. In fact, she would only look this excited in the past whenever she was torturing him! When Desmond recalled why they were doing this, he narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Bring her out, or else..."

"What can you do then?"

Victoria asked. She saw that he had come alone, but there were many people on her side. Hence, she didn't believe that Desmond could escape from that place.

After hearing this, Desmond smiled lightly and then pulled open his clothes to reveal the explosives that were strapped against him. Therefore, Victoria was so scared that she screamed and took a few steps back.

"Are you crazy?!"

"Yeah, I have already gone mad, don't you know that? I'm warning you. You better do what I say or I don't know what I will do next. Now I want to see Haniya."

Desmond was calm, as if his life was really insignificant to him, but Victoria was afraid.

She was not only afraid that Desmond would die, but she was also worried that Desmond would act recklessly.

At this time, Jose's voice came from inside.

"It's not a big deal to let him meet Haniya. After all, the most important thing now is to ensure that he's alive! Also, we can't waste any of his blood!"

Desmond sneered upon hearing those words.

In his memory, Jose had been devoted to the research and rarely spoke. No matter what Victoria did, he did not care much. Hence, Desmond thought Jose was a scholar, but now it seemed that he was wrong Maybe at the beginning, Jose had been working for someone, but they didn't know it.

Now Jose's tone was indifferent and cold, which was completely different from how he was submissive before. Therefore, Desmond noticed it and thought about it briefly.

When Victoria heard what Jose said, she quickly stopped and said to others, "Bring out that wench, Haniya."

Desmond could tell that Victoria was a little scared of Jose from the way she was acting.

How could that be?

Suddenly, Desmond remembered what Victoria had done to Jose over the years. She had been merciless, so why did she become so afraid of him instead in such a short time? Was it because of the person behind Jose?

Various thoughts were running inside Desmond's head right now.

On the other hand, Victoria had been staring at Desmond as she was afraid that he would suddenly ignite the bomb.

Desmond waited there indifferently, but he was feeling a little anxious.

When Haniya was brought out, Desmond's expression changed.

He thought that Victoria would not dare to do anything to Haniya because of his threats, but when she saw the whip marks on Haniya's body, he glared at Victoria immediately! "How dare you hit her?"

At this moment, Desmond was infuriated.

Victoria saw the murderous intent in Desmond's eyes and took a step back involuntarily, but as she had many people on her side, she gathered up her courage.

"So what if I did so? This b*tch humiliated me at the mall, so I can't appease my anger if I don't hit her. Besides, I've stopped hitting her after the call with you. If not, I would surely have beaten her to death." Victoria was about to reach out to hit Haniya as she said these words, but Desmond said fiercely, "Don't you dare touch her again."

Victoria probably stopped because Desmond had said these words cruelly or had other priorities. Then, she looked at him and said, "If you're worried about her, then you better do as I say. Or else..." "Haniya, are you an idiot? How could you let her beat you up like this? Were all the time you spent on the island for naught?"

Seeing Haniya's pale face, Desmond suddenly felt distressed, but he didn't say nice words.

On the other hand, Haniya could not wake up immediately as this was part of Nathaniel's plan. So when Victoria was beating her, she could only grit her teeth and withstand it. It was about time that she woke up, so she allowed the people to bring her out.

The moment she saw Desmond, she was finally relieved. But Desmond, this straightforward man, was pissing her off right now!

How could he yell at her?

Haniya suddenly felt a little wronged. Her eyes were a little red, and tears filled her eyes, which made Desmond even more agitated.

"Don't you feel ashamed? How can you cry right now? Can't you even deal with these weaklings? You even let that b*tch whip you.! Don't you know that it's hard to recover from whip wounds? You might even have scars."

Haniya started trembling with anger when she heard what Desmond had said.

"Shut up! Even if I have scars, it's none of your business."

"How is it none of my business? It's unpleasant for me to touch them!"

Haniya almost choked when she heard this, and her face involuntarily turned a little red. On the contrary, it made her pale face look a little better.

"F*ck you! Did I allow you to touch me?"

"Hey! Don't swear."

Desmond and Haniya bickered with each other at this time while completely ignoring the people around them, so this angered Victoria immediately.

"You guys are shamless! How could you say such outrageous things when there are so many people here?"

"Shut the hell up!"

Desmond was enraged as he shouted. When he saw Haniya's injuries, he was so furious that he lost his mind.

After all, Desmond knew how heavy Victoria's beating was as he had suffered from Victoria's whip all these years. How could Haniya's frail body withstand this?

Although this was part of their plan, there was no need to allow herself to be hurt.

Moreover, the whip wound was at Haniya's upper body, which was so close to her chest. Hence, he was in agony when he saw this.

On the other hand, Victoria was furious when she saw Desmond shout at her like that.

"Hey! Why are all of you still standing there? Hurry up and get him."

The people around him went towards him, but

Desmond took out a remote control from his pocket and said lightly, "Touch me if you dare."

At this moment, Haniya saw the remote control and the bomb on Desmond, and she was horrified.

"Desmond, what are you doing?"

"You shut up too! Don't let me hear your voice, you stupid woman."

Desmond's words made Haniya so angry that she wanted to tear him into pieces.

Urgh! There was a solid reason why this man was still single.

She could not understand herself. Why could she be so dumb? Why did she like a straightforward man like Desmond?

She was the one who had been captured here!

Shouldn't he comfort her and ask her not to worry as he would rescue her? Wasn't this supposed to happen instead? Why did things turn out this way?