The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 973

Mango had been unlucky recently. She felt anxious when she passed by the alley, but before she could even say anything, she fainted as someone had hit her on the back of the head! She had no idea how Rainie was doing too.

Mango felt a bit blurry when she woke up again. Someone had tied both her hands and legs to a stool, and she could not see anything because she had been blindfolded.

She was a little scared of the dark, but she calmed herself down when she thought of Rainie.

"Is anyone there?"

Mango shouted. The place was empty, and she did not hear Rainie's voice.

She suddenly felt uneasy.

Mango would have felt better if she and Rainie had been locked up together. She got a bit anxious knowing that she was alone now as she had no idea how their kidnappers planned to deal with Rainie. Had Nathaniel gone back home yet? Did he find out that someone had kidnapped her?

Mango suddenly thought of some people at this moment. However, she realized that those people would not be dare to kidnap her for revenge.

So, who would dare to do this?

Mango kept waiting for someone to check on her. After some time, she fell asleep because no one came to see her.

Of course, Nathaniel did not go back.

Even though Mango did not contact him the whole day, he did not think that anything was wrong, and he felt everything was under his control. He even felt a bit depressed when his subordinate told him that Mango was by the roadside eating beef noodles with Rainie.

"Did Mango forget about me?"

What was he supposed to do now that Mango and Rainie were eating outside this late?

Nathaniel sighed as he looked at the dishes on the table that he had prepared.

Although they had already had s*x twice, the way Mango treated him was different from before.

However, there were some things which he couldn't tell her. Thus, he could repair their relationship slowly by doing these favours for her.

Nathaniel continued waiting for around half an hour, but he gradually became nervous as Mango was still not back yet.

Didn't she say that she was walking back?

It should take less than 20 minutes.

Nathaniel did not hesitate any longer, and he took up his phone and gave Mango a call. However, a beep sounded for the other end, indicating that her phone had been turned off.

Nathaniel's heart skipped a beat.

Did her phone run out of battery?

However, he felt that Mango would not make such a mistake.

Nathaniel quickly enquired his subordinates on Mango's whereabouts. But, none of his subordinates went to the alley with them. This was because they thought that nothing would happen as the alley was only a short distance away from the building.

Nathaniel became angry immediately after he heard this.

"Hah! A short distance? Check it quickly!"

Only then did his subordinates realize that this matter had became serious.

They ran towards the alley one after another, but they only saw Rainie laying down on the floor in an unconscious state.

Nathaniel rushed there instantly after they had sent Rainie to the hospital.

Rainie was confused when she woke up after being rescued.

"Why am I here?"

"Where's Mango? What happened to you guys?"

Nathaniel grabbed Rainie's wrist.

Rainie felt a bit of pain, but she focused on answering Nathaniel's question.

"Huh? What happened to Mango?"

"That's what I'm asking you! What happened to the both of you?"

Nathaniel knew that he would not get any answers from Rainie when he saw how confused she looked, but he had hope.

Perhaps Rainie would remember something?

Rainie head was buzzing. She tried hard to recall what had happened, but the last thing she remembers was that someone had knocked them out when they were walking on the streets. She could not recall who had knocked her out, nor could she recall what had happened to Mango.

Nathaniel's face darkened.

"Fire everyone who followed my wife today! I'll forget about this problem if she's alright, but if she's not..."

Nathaniel did not continue his sentence, but Ned already knew what he wanted to say.

Rainie understood the meaning behind Nathaniel's words.

"Is Mango missing?"

"Yeah, I'll go look for someone to investigate on Mango's whereabouts."

Nathaniel left after he said that.

Rainie wanted to follow him, but she felt dizzy just when she got down from the bed.

D*mn it!

Which b*stard hit her?

It was too painful!

Nathaniel knew that Rainie had her own bodyguards. After all, she was Mango's friend, and Nathaniel could not simply leave Rainie unguarded now that Mango was not around. However, he really could not help her anymore even though he wanted to.

After Nathaniel left the ward, he told Ned immediately, "Check where Lebanon Fang is and what he is doing now."

"Lebanon is still in the hospital, and our people have been keeping an eye on him. He did not take any actions, but his assistant, Alfred, went to find Madam just right before she went missing." Ned reported.

Nathaniel's eyes became a little cold.

"Let's go!"

He brought Ned together to Lebanon's ward.

Alfred was still warning Lebanon against Mango when he saw Nathaniel enter the ward.

He felt that this man looked very familiar. However, before he could recall who the man was, Nathaniel had stepped forward and strangled Lebanon.

"Where's Mango? Where did you bring her?"

"Hey! Who are you? What are you doing? This is a warning, you'd better let go of Lebanon now! Otherwise, I will call the police!"

Alfred had been working for Lebanon for so many years, but this was his first time seeing someone else threatening Lebanon. He wanted to step forward, but Nathaniel's cold gaze frightened him, and he could only stand rooted to the ground.

What the f*ck!

The look in this man's eyes was too terrifying!

"You..."

"Shut up!"

Nathaniel currently had a dominating aura around him. Thus, Alfred was so frightened that he didn't dare utter a single word.

Ned was guarding the door, and he was preventing anyone from leaving the room.

Lebanon panicked when Nathaniel grabbed him tightly, but he heard Nathaniel's words clearly.

"What did you say? Wait! What happened to Mango?"

"Don't play dumb! Who else would take Mango away other than you? Lebanon, I warned you to never interfere with Mango's life. Why did you ignore me?"

Nathaniel punched Lebanon in the stomach.

Lebanon groaned in pain, but he quickly said, "It wasn't me! I didn't take her away."

"Hah! You're still lying to me?"

Alfred saw that Nathaniel was going to punch Lebanon again, so he mustered up his courage to say, "He didn't do it. Lebanon has been in the hospital these past two days. The only thing he did was to send fruits to the crew under her name, but she didn't even thank him! So, her disappearance has nothing to do with him! Can you be more reasonable?"

"Alfred, shut up!"

Lebanon scolded Alfred immediately.

Nathaniel's face became gloomy.

"You sent fruits to the crew using Mango's name? Hah! I'll make sure to deal with you later. You better not lie to me. I will definitely not let you and the people behind you go so easily if I know that you have hidden Mango. Lebanon, you better not test my patience. I'll make sure to deal with you because I don't give a sh*t about the powerful family that's supporting you."

Nathaniel turned away and left Lebanon's ward after saying that.

Lebanon nearly fell from the bed after hearing his words. He was lucky that Alfred grabbed hold of him or else, he would be injured again!

"Who is this? Lebanon, how could you..."

"He is Nathaniel!"

Alfred was stunned by Nathaniel's words for a few seconds. He thought he had heard them wrongly.

"Huh?"

"He's Nathaniel from the Ocean City. The CEO of HY Group. He is best friends with the biggest mafia in Belgina, Eugene. Plus, he's extremely rich! He had more wealth than you can ever imagine!" Lebanon's lips curved into a bitter smile.

Alfred was petrified.

He had always paid more attention to the entertainment news, and he barely read any financial news. However, he had heard about

Nathaniel's name before.

He naturally knew how powerful Nathaniel was.

"What's the relationship between him and Mango?"

Alfred couldn't help but ask when he saw Nathaniel looking so anxious because of Mango.

Lebanon whispered, "They are husband and wife." Alfred was stunned immediately.

He had just ridiculed Mango not long ago. What did he even say about her again?

Alfred felt like giving himself a few slaps now when he thought of this.

Why would someone as rich as Nathaniel's wife want the fruits that Lebanon had brought?

He had still shamelessly received one hundred thousand dollars from Mango!

Alfred's face was ashen when he recalled what had happened.

"Lebanon, you should have told me about this earlier! Why did you bother her if you knew that she was Nathaniel's wife? You have been doing great these few years. Are you planning to retire from the entertainment industry already? Urgh...how could you mess with her?"

Alfred couldn't simply understand what Lebanon was thinking. Of course, he would never say these

words out.

Lebanon forced a smile and said, "Well, I had my own reasons to do so..."

"Oh my God! What was so important that you had to risk your entire career to meet her?"

Alfred really did not know what Lebanon was thinking.

Lebanon seemed to have remembered something. He sat on the floor and picked up his phone. Then, he gave Nathaniel a call right away.

"What do you want?"

Nathaniel picked up the call instantly when he saw that it was from Lebanon.

"I think I know who kidnapped Mango."

"Who is it?"

Nathaniel's voice was hostile.

Ned had told him that Lebanon's family had not taken any action. Previously, he had investigated the Fang family, and he found out that no one knew of Mango's existence for now, except for Lebanon. Therefore, the Fang family did not kidnap her this time.

Then who else could it be?

Cecelia was on bad terms with Mango, but Nathaniel had ordered his men to keep an eye on her too. She was only a normal citizen, and she did not have the capabilities to threaten Mango. Furthermore, she had been busy trying to make a living recently.

He had originally wanted to deal with Pinksy too, but he changed his mind after Mango had settled their conflict herself. Plus, Pinksy had been resting in her apartment as she had finished giving birth recently.

So who kidnapped Mango?

Nathaniel was less hostile now that Lebanon said that he knew who was the one that kidnapped Mango.

Lebanon thought for a moment and whispered, "Um... I'm only taking a guess."

"Hurry up and say it."

"Melissa's lover, Diago."

Nathaniel's eyes suddenly narrowed when he heard this name coming out from Lebanon's lips.

Melissa?

Wasn't this the woman who had left a lipstick stain on his collar, and she cause Mango to misunderstand him? But wait...didn't he already kill her and dumped her body into the depths of the ocean?

A trace of coldness flashed at the bottom of Nathaniel's eyes.

"So, do you know how to find this man?"