The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1544

When Martina heard that Nathaniel wanted to kill her son, she did not dare to speak anymore.

Finally, everything was silent. Then only Nathaniel looked much better.

Marcelo was a little painful after being kicked. His injury last time had not healed, but he was kicked by Nathaniel again this time. He looked at Nathaniel with a murderous look.

Nathaniel looked a little familiar to him last time, but this time Marcelo finally remembered the reason why.

His family used to be a wealthy family in Ocean City, so he actually knew who Nathaniel was. However, he had forgotten a lot of things due to his tough life in recent years. After Nathaniel left his house days ago, he had been thinking about who he was. He finally remembered it after a long time.

"Nathaniel, you are beating me up just because you can. Aren't you afraid that I will expose your wrongdoings?"

It was the era of the Internet and technology. No matter how wealthy one was, one's hideous deeds would be publicized for all to know once they had

done something indecent.

Marcelo stared at Nathaniel with his eyes wide open. However, he was still hopeful that the latter will spare him.

Nathaniel laughed coldly. The guards next to him immediately brought two stools over. Both Mango and Nathaniel sat down.

He flicked some imaginary dust off his sleeves and said coldly, "Do you think I will spare you?"

That was right.

He could expose Nathaniel's action, but he had to do it in a place where Nathaniel couldn't see him. Right now...

Marcelo's short-lived excitement perished in an instant.

He glared hatefully at Nathaniel as he decided to persuade Mango instead.

"Mrs. Ye, Tessa is a mistress. Do you really want your husband to bring her back with him? The illegitimate child will compete with your child for the family property once she returns."

All women cared about this, didn't they? Besides, Marcelo didn't think that Nathaniel and Mango would any have any children during the past eight years.

Mango knew that since Carlson had asked Nathaniel to show up, it meant that he did not want others to know who Sissaye's birth father was. Thus, she had to accept the gossips that Tessa was Nathaniel's mistress regardless of her own will.

Fu*k, what the hell was this?

Mango felt upset so she wasn't being nice to Marcelo either.

"The Ye family is rich so we don't care if others are vying for our money. Besides, if she is really Nathan's child, I will treat her nicely"

She sounded so lenient and kind manner. However, she actually felt a little disgusted. If Nathaniel really had a mistress, it would be too kind of her not to make things difficult for that person. Why would she raise a child for the mistress?

That was impossible.

Marcelo hadn't expected Mango to react like this, so he was dumbfounded.

Nathaniel was too lazy to listen to him as the latter tried to draw a wedge in between him and Mango. He shot a look at someone and they went over to grab Marcelo. Then they made him kneel in front of Nathaniel.

Marcelo felt extremely insulted.

He was like a eunuch that was kneeling in front of his king. Moreover, his wife had cheated on him with this man. Although he was poor and powerless, Tessa was still his wife. "What do you want?"

"Sign this."

Nathaniel threw a divorce agreement at Marcelo.

Carlson had already prepared it in advance and Nathaniel printed it out. Since Nathaniel had encountered two matters here at once, it would be convenient to solve them in one go.

Marcelo frowned frown when he saw the divorce agreement.

"Divorce? Do you actually want to force me to divorce Tessa? No way! Even if I die, I'm going to drag that bitch, Tessa, along with me!"

"Then go to hell. She'll become a widow once you die, so she can still marry someone else."

Nathaniel did not care about Marcelo's life at all.

Marcelo was taken aback for a moment before he realized that the man in front of him was someone with the power to overturn any situation in Ocean City. But this was Y Country, how dare he did anything he wanted here!

"This is Y Country! Nathaniel, do you think this is Ocean City? The country has its own laws and regulations!"

"Haha."

Nathaniel really didn't want to waste his breath on such a person, but it was too bad that he had a lot of questions on the latter. Otherwise, he probably couldn't keep himself from breaking Marcelo's neck straight away.

Mango looked at Marcelo with a sympathetic look on his face. He shook his head and said, "Marcelo, did you grow stupid after living in Y Country for the past few years? You used to be a member of a wealthy family. You must have done something illegal in the past. How did you solve it? Think about it."

Upon hearing Mango's words, Marcelo couldn't help but recall the incidents eight years ago.

The memories felt like a lifetime ago, but he still remembered them like yesterday.

That was right, it was money.

As long as he had money, he could do anything he wanted.

Marcelo's face turned ashen all of a sudden.

He looked at the divorce agreement with a sullen face. He was now as quiet as a church mouse.

Nathaniel was an impatient man. Mango knew it, so she was afraid that Marcelo's hesitancy would provoke Nathaniel. She said hurriedly, "In fact, divorce is beneficial to you and the Li family." Marcelo raised his head slightly and glanced at Mango. There was an uncertain look in his eyes.

Mango continued, "Even though everyone in the Li family treated Tessa and Sissaye badly, they didn't go overboard. You're the real culprit. If you're a real man, you should sign the divorce agreement so that the Li family could survive. At most, you'll be the only one who bears all the punishments. The rest of the Li family can still live a good life. However, if you don't sign it, Nathaniel will definitely fetch Tessa back judging by his personality. Moreover, he'll bring her home as someone who is unmarried. By then, death is your only option. Meanwhile, the members of the Li family who know the inside story won't live a peaceful life. Although not all of them will be killed, your parents won't be spared. Your other relatives might be imprisoned for the rest of their lives. The Li family will be doomed for good."

Mango was not exaggerating. After all, Carlson had asked Nathaniel to handle this matter. If Marcelo was uncooperative, this kind of result would be inevitable. However, the whole Li family would really be wiped out if Carlson decided to be involved in this.

Marcelo couldn't help but tremble.

Only now did he realize what kind of person he had offended.

Eight years ago, when he was still the son of an elite family, he was told not to mess with the fourth young talents of Ocean City because they had powerful figures who backed them up. It was said that they could contact the royalties directly.

It seemed that the rumors were indeed the truth.

Although Marcelo was unwilling to give up and was unable to vent his anger, he analyzed the pros and cons quickly.

From the moment Nathaniel ran into Tessa, both Tessa and Sissaye no longer belonged to Marcelo.

However, at the thought of what happened eight years ago, Marcelo still felt that they had wronged him.

"What did the Li family do wrong? Back then, it was me who agreed to marry Tessa. But if she didn't agree to this marriage, could I force her to marry it? Since she agreed, why should the Li family suffer this hardship? We were once a great family, Nathaniel. You've destroyed the Li family single-handedly."

"No, the person who ruined the Li family is Susan, the head of the Soo family. Meanwhile, I didn't know that Tessa was going to marry you. The Li family doesn't deserve my attention."

Although the Li family was a great family in the past, it was nothing compared with Nathaniel's family. They were not in the same league.

Marcelo was a little angry when he heard his words, but he was unable to refute it.

Indeed, although the Li family was an elite family, it was not qualified to be on par with the four young talents of Ocean City.

"Tessa is from the Soo family, how could Susan..."

"He did it for the position of the head of the family. Perhaps there are other reasons, but it is not something you should know. You only need to know that the Soo family is the one who destroyed the Li family. I will return the favor to them, provided that you sign the agreement."

Nathaniel also knew that Marcelo was a victim that was unfortunately involved in the matter, but he was not innocent at all. After all, if he had treated Tessa well after marrying her, he would not have ended up like this today.

Marcelo was also from a great family. When he looked past everything and thought about this matter again, he noticed that there was something strange about it.

Putting aside the fact that Susan didn't need to be so cruel to Tessa just to obtain the position of the head of the family, was it really necessary to poison Marcelo? Susan's main aim should be allowing him to torture Tessa, wasn't it? But why? After all, they were one big family, weren't they?

The more Marcelo thought about it, the more stupid he felt. From the moment he asked for Tessa's hand in marriage, the Li family was being used by someone else. Even though Marcelo was meant to torture Tessa, who else was that person targetting?

Was it Nathaniel?

In Marcelo's point of view, the target was Nathaniel. However, Mango and Nathaniel knew that the other party was targeting Carlson.

Susan was an ambitious man, so it was understandable for him to do anything for the position of head of the family. However, wasn't he afraid of Carlson's revenge since he had tortured the latter like this? After all, Carlson wasn't an ordinary person. Even if he was in the pits of hell, he would still crawl out of the pits in no time. So why did Susan do this?

Nathaniel and Mango were suspicious of his motive, but now was not the time for them to talk about this.

After weighing it all, Marcelo had made a tough decision.

When he picked up the pen, Martina struggled against her restraints and cried incoherently.

Mango ordered someone to take the cloth away from her stuffed mouth.

She quickly yelled, "Marcelo, you can't sign it. We don't know what will happen to you if you sign it. If the Li family loses you, what's the point of having great wealth? You are the apple of my eye, son." Mango was a little teary upon hearing her words.

A mother would always consider her child first regardless of her identity.

Marcelo's hand paused for a moment. Then there was a hint of a smile on his face when he looked at Martina.

"Mom, I've been tortured for so many years that life is nothing but sufferings. Maybe death is a relief."

"I won't allow it! Marcelo, you're not allowed to die!"

Martina cried out in misery, but the other members of the Li family had long been tired of their current life. They were longing to reclaim their past glory and wealth. Once they heard that they could regain their former glory as long as Marcelo took responsibility for everything, they could not help but say, "Martina, Marcelo was originally the head of the Li family. Now he is just taking up the responsibility as a leader. Why are you making a fuss?"

As soon as Barack said this, Marcelo knew what the other members of the family wanted.

He took a look around. During the past eight years, he had done everything to protect these people whom he considered family. He even worked hard and gambled in an attempt to earn money and improve their lives. They were his everything in life. He even forced Tessa and Sissaye to work in order to support their lifestyle. But what about now?

Apart from his parents, were these people so eager to see him dead?