The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 694

Novalee immediately looked around and said, "How shall we excuse ourselves?"

"I'll come up with any excuse as long as you want to leave. I can feel that Dakari is attempting to tackle you. Lemme find another business partner instead. I don't really like this person."

Walter's words made her shocked.

"Emm...I thought both of you got along well with each other."

"Remember, you have to associate with everyone in this field but you don't have to be really close to them. Dakari seems to be my equal, but he's just an empty shell. I'm far better than him."

"Hm..." she said.

Novalee never thought that Walter would say such disgusting words, and her sarcasm irritated Walter.

"You gotta believe in me. You will soon beholden by these famous sayings."

Just when Walter and Novalee were chit-chatting, Dakari entered the room with Zendaya.

"Mr. Song, Miss Zhang, this is my sister, Zendaya Liu."

Dakari said with a grin, and Zendaya followed behind bashfully.

Walter smiled, "We know each other. She is our company's designer."

"Really? That's fate. I had my chefs prepare dinner. Let's celebrate it tonight."

As soon as Dakari finished speaking, Walter replied apologetically, "What a coincidence. I was informed that Mango is gonna arrive soon. Novalee and I will be picking her up from the airport." "Didn't you mention that she will be coming tomorrow?"

Zendaya's face took on a ghastly expression.

"Who knows? Mango doesn't really follow the rules. I have no choice but to pick her up even if it's late at night. Well, I will do whatever I can to express my love to her."

One could see the love Walter had for Mango through his eyes.

It was the first time that Zendaya had seen it.

Although Walter often looked at Novalee with a gaze of warmth, it was still incomparable.

Jealousy erupted in her chest.

She was nursing a grudge against Mango whom she never met.

Was Novalee telling her the truth?

Was Mango the one whom Walter had fallen in love with?

"Well, I'll go with you then. I'm very curious to see what Ms. Shen looks like."

"I'm sorry. Mango doesn't like strangers picking her up."

Walter directly rejected Zendaya's request. He was annoyed.

Zendaya still wanted to say something, but Dakar! stopped her.

"Zendaya, let Mr. Song do his thing. Well have plenty of chances to meet up in future."

"Dakari!"

Zendaya looked at Dakari with some resentment. How she wished that Dakari would say something to make them stay.

However, Dakari just smiled and asked, "Since you two are busy, shall I ask someone to send you?"

"No, I drove here on my own. Gotta leave now. See you around."

Walter then directly reached out his hand to Novalee.

"Let's go. Don't tell me you plan to stay here? That won't work either. If Mango doesn't see you there, she definitely won't let me off." Novalee laughed at his sarcasm. He did not seem to be what she thought, and he made her feel safe.

She placed her hand on Walter's and they left together.

Zendaya angrily stomped her feet after they were gone.

"Dakari, what's wrong with you? I thought we had a deal. Just let me know if you don't want to help me, I would have just done it myself." "Don't worry, silly."

Dakari rolled his eyes and teased, "Look at his clean complexion. He is just a spoiled child spoonfed by his parents who spend money without thinking twice. Even with a great business sense, I don't believe that he is able to withstand my siege. Keep calm. You and I gonna get our wishes soon."

"What do you mean, Dakari?"

Zendaya was puzzled.

Dakari sneered, "Silly, have you forgotten that this place belongs to me? Trust me. His talents can't be put to use here. I have already asked Nixon to surround them. Nobody would know that we did it if they were beaten or robbed."

Zendaya laughed happily.

"I trust you, Dakari. Promise me not to harm him. He is my man."

"Since when has he became yours? Well, he is still a playboy who loves to tackle gals like you. I really can't see what's good about that brat. Apart from having a good background and good looks, there's nothing else that could possibly catch your eye."

Dakari's slander of Walter annoyed Zendaya.

"What about Novalee then? Aren't you still thinking about her? You are no different."

"How can you compare yourself with me? I am a man!"

"Well, fine, let's stop arguing here. I trust Nixon's abilities. I better get myself dressed now. Let's wait for them to bring Walter back."

Zendaya left happily.

Both Walter and Novalee got into their car immediately once they left Winterbourne Lodge.

Novalee breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We've finally escaped. I was afraid that I might get sick if we stayed there any longer. It seems to be depressing whenever I think that our plan can only be carried out only if Dakari said so."

"Not precisely. If I wanted him to continue to be the boss here, he can surely achieve that. On the contrary, if he provokes me, he can be replaced at any time."

Walter's words stunned Novalee for a moment, and she then replied with some contempt, "Can you just stop bragging?"

"I never brag. Just stop talking and fasten your seat belt. Be quick. I don't think Dakari would let us go so easily. He should have a backup plan to harm us." After all, Walter was a very experienced man.

"What else can he do?"

"I have no idea, but it's always wise to be cautious."

Walter started his car. Soon, he realized that a car was tailing him from behind.

"Well, as I said, Dakari is not giving up on us."

"What do you mean?"

Novalee wanted to look backward.

"Don't look and strap yourself in. Someone is following us."

"What?!"

Novalee started to become anxious.

"Then what shall we do?"

"I'm here. Don't worry."

Seeing that Novalee turn pale, Walter immediately comforted her.

"What else can you do?"

Walter felt annoyed after being underestimated by Novalee once again.

The car from behind suddenly accelerated.

Even if Walter sped up, the car behind was in hot pursuit.

There was a grave look on Walter's face.

"Turn on your cellphone now. Check if there are any ghats nearby."

Walter's words stunned Novalee for a moment.

"Are you insane? You're still thinking of exploring the ghats? Our bodies may not even be discovered if we were killed."

"Listen to me, hurry up!"

Walter raised his voice suddenly.

Novalee was taken aback by his volume.

Walter's unusual anger made her nervous.

Unconsciously, she took out her phone and pulled up the map app, and searched for nearby ghats.

"There's a ghat three hundred meters away from us."

"Hold tight, babygirl."

Walter accelerated and directly drove his car into the mountain road.

Nixon couldn't help but laugh upon looking at Walter's actions.

"An outsider is indeed an outsider. You're making this easy for us."

"Well Nixon, we are going to receive compliments from Mr. Liu again if we are able to catch him today."

His subordinate said happily.

A smug look appeared on Nixon's face.

Walter drove until he was out of CCTV range. Then, he told Novalee, "Fasten your seat belt and stay in the car. No matter what happens, don't come out."

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Novalee could feel her heart beating in fear.

Walter patted her head gently with a smile and said, "I'm going to show you something."

"What's that?"

After he shut off the ignition, Walter then parked the car. Then, he got out and locked it.

"Are you crazy, Walter? Come back inside!"

His suicidal behaviour gave her much anxiety as she quickly knocked on the window and shouted.

Walter just smiled at her. He then took out the lighter from his pocket and lit a cigarette.

When Nixon and his men saw Walter getting out of the car to wait for them, they couldn't help but

laugh.

"Nixon, is this man crazy? Do you think he will bribe us with money to free them? I heard that this guy was wealthy."

Nixon smiled and said, "Let's see how much he can pay us, and we'll take the money first. I won't complain about extra money."

Seeing that they seemed to be underestimating him, Walter took a deep drag of his cigarette.

The smoke shrouded his face, obscuring his expression from others.

Meanwhile, Novalee was still knocking against the window.

"Walter, don't try to be brave. I swear, I won't tease you anymore. Come inside! These people are mercenaries. You won't be able to fight them off."

Listening to Novalee's words, Walter's mouth twitched in displeasure.

Nixon stopped his car and got off with his men. There were ten of them.

When Novalee saw these people through the window, her legs shuddered.

"Walter!"

However, Walter did not pay any attention to her.

"What do you want to do?"

Walter put out his cigarette.

Seeing that Walter was so calm, Nixon thought that Walter was feeling good about himself. He smiled and said, "Mr. Song, someone asked me to capture you, and he paid 100,000 dollars for you. I'm asking

for your cooperation so it'll be easier for everybody."

"100,000 dollars? Isn't it too little? I should be worth more than that."

Upon hearing Walter's words, Nixon Davis roared in laughter.

"So, Mr. Song, do you mean to ransom yourself with a large sum of cash?"

"I don't like the word 'ransom'. Why don't y'all give it to me instead? If each and every one of you gives me 100,000 dollars, I'll let you go."

Walter's words made the roars of laughter even louder.

Nixon was even more convinced that Walter wasn't clear of what he was doing.

"Mr. Song, that's not funny at all."

"Do I look like I'm joking to you?"

Walter smiled, but his eyes narrowed in a split second as a cold glint flashed in them. Before Nixon could react, Walter was already prepared to attack him.