The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 358

"Walter, you'd better not play dumb in front of me."

Although Nathaniel couldn't discern anything from Walter's expression, he still had to ask.

Then, Walter suddenly exploded in anger.

"What the hell do you mean? Can you not be so secretive? I don't even know what you want from me! What photos are you talking about? Did I ever take any photos with you? Nathaniel, you'd better explain it clearly to me. I may be a feckless hooligan, but I won't accept any false allegations."

Nathaniel frowned when he saw Walter become so agitated.

Even if Walter didn't send the photos, why would Nathaniel show Mango's nudes to him?

As Nathaniel thought of this, he became even more irritated.

"Are you sure you haven't sent any messages to Rainie? Especially photos?"

"Do you think I'm insane? Why would I send her photos late at night? Do you think that I have nothing better to do? She's Mango's best friend for God's sake!"

Walter's defence was reasonable, but Nathaniel replied coldly, "You knew that she was Mango's best friend, and yet you tried to force yourself on her."

"F*ck!"

This was something that Walter was definitely ashamed of.

Till now, he had no idea what came over him that night and it was as if he lost control over his actions. However, he still couldn't find any leads despite careful investigation. Then, Walter kicked the stool in front of him angrily and sat down.

When Nathaniel realized that he wasn't going to get any answers from Walter, he remarked indifferently, "Come with me to the telecom company tomorrow to retrieve your phone records." "There's no need to delay it any more, in fact, let's just go now."

Obviously, Walter didn't want to be wronged baselessly.

According to Nathaniel, it was clear that all these things happened because of some photos. However, he couldn't recall sending anything of that sort to Rainie.

Nathaniel stayed silent in the face of Walter's determination as they both made their way to the residence of the telecom company's boss. After that, they forced the boss to drive to the company and retrieve Walter's phone records.

Walter was stunned when his phone records showed that he actually called Rainie and even sent her an MMS.

"How could this be? I never called her that day!"

"Do you really think that Rainie would just meet you and splash wine on your face for no reason?"

Obviously, Nathaniel didn't believe Walter at all.

Next, Walter replied angrily, "I didn't do it! If I did, I'd tell you. I've already done such a horrible thing to her, so do you think I won't admit to a simple phone call? Why the hell would I lie about that?" Walter's words caused Nathaniel to stop and ponder for a moment.

That's right.

Walter was known in all of Ocean City for being a notorious playboy. So, he would definitely admit if he actually called Charlott. Sure enough, he'd done something much worse than that, so why would he care about something as trivial as a call?

However, it was possible that Walter would not admit that he sent the nude photos.

As the thought crossed Nathaniel's mind, he glared at Walter coldly with a piercing gaze.

Meanwhile, Walter felt extremely wronged.

"Hey, what was in the MMS? Can I see it? I'm f*cking confused as to why my phone has no record of this."

"You don't have any records on your phone?"

"No, I don't!"

In order to prove his innocence, Walter immediately threw his phone at Nathaniel.

"Check yourself if you don't believe me."

Hence, Nathaniel took the liberty and went through every single file folder on the phone. Alas, he did not find any photos of Mango.

Had Walter deleted it?

Or was there something else at play?

"Let's go!"

Then, Nathaniel led Walter away and left immediately. The boss of the telecom company was speechless, but he dared not say a word.

They had dragged him out in the middle of the night just for a measly phone record? Now that both Nathaniel and Walter had left, could he leave as well? Alas, Nathaniel and Walter had gotten into a car and drove away before he could ask them for permisson. Next, both of them headed straight for Walter's house. After that, Nathaniel unceremoniously scoured through the files Walter's computer. The password protecting his computer was nothing but child's play to Nathaniel. When Walter realized that Nathaniel had gained access to his computer, the corner of his lips twitched in annoyance as he said, "Could you at least respect my privacy?" However, Nathaniel couldn't be bothered and he continued going through Walter's laptop.

Walter indeed had a lot of indecent photos and files. Hence, Nathaniel frowned slightly as he browsed through them and he really wanted to trash the device.

On the other hand, Walter's face was covered in a slight blush.

It was incredibly unsettling to see someone else rifling through the stuff that he usually enjoyed in his own private time. Hence, Walter blushed furiously as arousing moans and explicit pictures were displayed on the screen.

"Well, what on earth are you looking for?"

Walter had to say something. If not, Nathaniel would invade the last bit of privacy that he had.

In the end, Nathaniel couldn't stop himself and immediately deleted all those lewd files.

"Hey, that's my computer you know!"

Walter wanted to stop Nathaniel initially but to no avail. Then, Nathaniel pressed the enter key once and everything was deleted in a flash.

"What the f*ck, Nathaniel? What are you doing?"

Honestly, Walter felt as if he was rather down on his luck this year.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel didn't find any photos on Mango on Walter's computer. Heck, he couldn't even find a regular photo of her, let alone a nude one.

He had literally gone through the entire computer, but he couldn't seem to find anything. Next, Nathaniel connected Walter's phone to the computer and started to search through the files on it as well. Meanwhile, Walter watched as his phone data appeared with a few short commands prompts from Nathaniel. Soon, the usage statistics of Walter's phone were displayed on the screen.

Unsurprisingly, the statistics included the call to Rainie and also the MMS that was sent.

Although Nathaniel had blurred the picture almost instantly, Walter still managed to catch a glimpse of it.

Because of that, Walter's eyes suddenly widened in shock.

"What is that?"

He wanted to grab the computer, but Nathaniel punched him instead.

"You would do well to look away if you value your eyes."

Truth be told, Nathaniel was rather frustrated. Despite that he censored Mango's nude photo as fast as he could, Walter immediately recognised that it was her. Furthermore, it was impossible for a notorious womaniser like him to be clueless as to what that photo contained.

Hence, that was why Walter was so shocked.

"Why is this photo in my phone?"

"Shouldn't I be asking you that question?"

Meanwhile, Nathaniel was furious.

Now, Walter finally knew why Nathaniel attacked him in the street.

"Are you saying that Rainie came to Casa Solariega to dump wine all over my face because of that phone call and photo?"

Walter looked at Nathaniel as he hoped to gain some clarification from his expression. Unfortunately, the other man kept silent with a stoic expression on his face.

"It wasn't me! I swear!"

At this point, Walter felt that nothing would rid him of this accusation.

What the hell was going on?

"At the time, I was extremely frustrated, so I went drinking with some friends. Rainie appeared just as the alcohol took effect, and the rest is history. Honestly, it all feels like a dream. Yes Nathaniel, I admit that like Mango and I would definitely pursue her if she wasn't your wife. However, I would never overstep my boundaries because she doesn't feel the same towards me. There's nothing between Mango and I, I swear!"

Then, Walter immediately raised three fingers into the air in a swearing gesture.

Normally, Nathaniel wouldn't believe a playboy like Walter, but his instinct told him that Walter was indeed telling the truth this time.

If what Walter said was true, then who sent Rainie that message with Walter's mobile phone?

Moreover, the photo hadn't been taken with Walter's phone, and it had been forwarded from someone else instead.

Nathaniel wanted to find out the IP address of the sender but all of his efforts were futile. The other party was slick, and they even deleted all traces of the messaging account.

If it weren't for his excellent hacking skills, he would have never discovered any information at all.

However, Nathaniel didn't reveal any of this to Walter.

"Do you remember if anyone used your phone that night?"

Nathaniel's question made Walter shake his head quickly.

"No one. My phone has a biometric lock on it, and it can only be opened with my fingerprint. Although I drank a lot that day, I'm still quite clear about what happened." However, Walter immediately paused after saying that.

"That's not right. I went to the bathroom for a moment and left my phone unattended. Even so, no one could have unlocked my phone right? Furthermore, no one knows that I'm acquainted with Rainie at all. Her friendship with Mango isn't public knowledge, and only the people closest to her know about it. My friends are all spoilt rich kids, so they would never bother about these things."

Nathaniel had to admit that Walter's explanation was indeed very logical, but he still felt repulsed.

"You'd better keep your mouth shut about this. If I find out that Mango knows because you went around and blabbered to everyone, I'll kill you."

"You mean that Mango doesn't know about this?"

Then, Walter's eyes suddenly lit up.

At that moment, Nathaniel immediately knew what he was thinking.

He replied coldly, "Do you think Mango would forgive you because of this? She'll never forget what you did to Rainie for the rest of her life. Walter Song, I'm warning you to stay away from my wife, or else..."

"Or else what?"

Ultimately, Walter couldn't help but provoke Nathaniel.

Nathaniel just sneered in reply. Then, Walter's phone lit up suddenly just as Nathaniel wanted to beat him up again. Dozens upon

dozens of photos were being sent to Walter's phone.

To make matters worse, Mango was in every single one of them!