The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 995

"Be careful!"

Rainie was frightened, and she grabbed the car handle quickly as she broke out in cold sweat. Mango's face was pale, and there was cold sweat on her head too. Emberly was calm, but the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.

Mango quickly stepped on the break. The three people in the car became anxious when they heard a loud screeching noise as the tires of the car skidded on the road.

Luckily, both of the cars had managed to stop a few centimetres from each other, so they never collided.

Mango's heart was thumping wildly. However, someone opened the door of the Ferrari before she could calm herself down.

After that, Lebanon got out of the Ferrari while wearing a white suit. He walked towards Mango's car and knocked on her window.

Mango's heart skipped a beat when she saw this.

When Mango found out that the dead person was Lebanon's assistant, she knew that it was only a matter of time before he came to look for her. As per her expectation, Lebanon had come to find her before she stepped onto the plane. However, she still frowned even though she wasn't surprised at his arrival.

"Get out of the car. Let's talk."

Lebanon's voice was hoarse, and he seemed to be in a bad mood.

Rainie grabbed Mango and whispered, "Don't go. What if he ends up hurting you because he can't control his anger? Don't forget that you still have wounds on her body."

However, Mango knew that she had to go. After all, the person who died was his assistant, so she had to answer the questions that he had.

"I think I'd better go down. After all, I should give Lebanon an explanation, right? Besides, if he decides to sue Nathaniel, we can't do anything. So, I think we should clarify any misunderstandings that we have. Mango unfastened her seatbelt as she spoke.

Rainie was a little anxious after hearing this.

"What? Don't be silly, okay? It's a serious misunderstanding, so why do you think that you can talk yourself out of it this easily? Plus, look at his expression! He looks like he is about to kill someone. You might not fix anything even if you go down and talk to him! Why don't we do so only after we go back to Ocean City? Alright?"

Emberly coughed slightly and said, "I think Mango will settle it herself. Don't worry."

After hearing this, Rainie got unhappy immediately.

"Huh? What kind of doctor are you? I'm sure you know the state of her body more than anyone else now!"

"Alright, stop arguing. Wait for me here."

Mango stopped the argument and went out of the car.

There was a strong smell of tobacco around Lebanon's body, and this irritated her throat.

She pinched her nose subconsciously and heard Lebanon whisper, "Look, let's talk. Just the both of us."

"Alright."

Mango didn't reject his request.

"Where should we go?"

"My car! You can rest assured that you won't miss your flight."

Mango was surprised that Lebanon knew about her whereabouts.

She raised her head once again and glanced at Lebanon. However, she couldn't detect any trace of anger from his gaze, and there was sadness and heartache in his eyes. "Alright."

Mango felt an inexplicable pain in her heart at this thought.

She knew exactly how it felt to lose a loved one.

When Nathaniel had fallen off the cliff in Nakasara, Mango suffered greatly, and she even wished that she was dead! Therefore, she thought of the rumors between Lebanon and Alfred now when he saw him like that.

The relationship between Lebanon and Alfred was ambiguous.

If the rumours about Lebanon and Alfred being a secret couple was true, Lebanon had to be going through a tremendous amount of pain right now.

Rainie quickly ran down and wanted to stop Mango when she saw her going up to Lebanon's car. However, she was too late.

Lebanon's car left the scene quickly after Mango got it.

Throughout their drive, Mango had an emotionless look on her face. She leaned on the window and watched as the sceneries passed by her quickly as her mind was full of thoughts of Nathaniel. She wondered how he was doing in the detention center.

He had always been lucky and powerful, so why did he had to go through sufferings like these?

Who on earth set a trap for Nathaniel?

Initially, Mango had thought that Bernard was the mastermind behind this. But now, she was suspicious of Lebanon too.

Lebanon quickly drove the car to his apartment.

"Get out of the car."

Mango paused for a while. It was definitely not a wise choice to follow a man who hated you into his apartment, but she couldn't do anything else now.

At this thought, she unfastened her seat belt and followed Lebanon into the apartment.

The apartment was very messy. A pungent cigarette smell filled Mango's nostrils, and she choked and coughed harshly.

She looked at the floor that was filled with many beer bottles. However, she couldn't see the rest of the house clearly because of the smoke.

Mango walked to the window and opened it. Then, she bent down and cleaned the house for a bit.

Meanwhile, Lebanon continued staring at her. He did not stop her or say a single word.

There was a hint of haziness in his gaze as if he was looking at someone else through Mango. His gaze made Mango's heart ache as she could tell that he was missing someone. "Alfred's death..."

"I know that Nathaniel didn't do it. Don't worry, I won't cause trouble to him."

Lebanon knew what Mango wanted to say, so he opened his mouth before Mango could say anything.

After hearing this, Mango was relieved.

"Lebanon, I know that it's useless to say this now, but I still want to send my condolences to you."

"Are you comforting me? Or pitying me?"

Lebanon looked at Mango and questioned her harshly.

Mango was slightly stunned by his sudden question. She did not know how to respond appropriately, so she decided to shut up.

After all, she knew that Lebanon was only frustrated, so he was venting out his anger on her. Therefore, no matter what she said, he would still be angry.

Suddenly, Lebanon sighed and whispered, "Just help me get a glass of water, thank you."

Mango did not refuse and poured him a glass of warm water.

Lebanon took it and suddenly said, "Alfred is my lover."

Mango was stunned upon hearing these words.

Although she had heard about these rumours, both of them did not clarify nor deny them. Therefore, she was shocked to hear Lebanon admitting it personally.

"Do you need me to say something in response?"

"No, I just want to talk to someone."

Mango felt a bit upset after hearing him, but she did not know what to say. She could only sit at the side and pour herself a cup of warm water.

Before she came here, she still had injuries all over her body. However, Lebanon was driving too fast just now, so he never noticed that Mango's injured back had touched the seat. Mango was in deep pain now, so she slightly twitched her body and drank some warm water to calm herself down.

Lebanon was immersed in immense sorrow, so he did not notice her discomfort.

It appeared that he was recalling his memories.

"Alfred and I met in the slums. Do you know how the slums look like?"

Mango knew that Lebanon did not need an answer to his rhetorical question.

A sweet and brilliant smile appeared on Lebanon's lips when he started recalling the past.

"Many people think that the slums are filled with people living in poverty. Well, that's true. Many people couldn't survive because they had no food to eat. However, I had no choice but to escape to the slums because some people were chasing me. I stayed there for three days and had nothing to eat or drink, and I even nearly died of hunger! Alfred was the one who gave me food to survive. Then, he encouraged me to step into the entertainment industry when he knew what had happened to me."

"Haha! We were living in the slums, but we dared to have such big dreams. Doesn't it sound too ridiculous? But I agreed to it. I knew that he treated me genuinely since the moment he shared his food with me. Then, both of us left the slums and escaped from the people who were chasing me. We also survived through hunger and difficulties before making a name for ourselves in the entertainment industry. Thus, I promised to give him only the best things in the world!"

"He even promised me that he would go back with me yesterday, but he's gone now! Do you know how I felt when I learnt about his death? I feel devastated as if I had lost everything precious to

me!"

"Alfred is probably the most important person to me, just like how Nathaniel is important to you. Perhaps you would never understand our relationship, but it doesn't matter! After all, he's the only person that I have ever loved in my entire life!"

Lebanon's eyes were so red that he almost burst out in tears.

Mango's heart ached slightly when she heard this, and she said in a low voice, "Nathaniel didn't do it! I can guarantee that with my life. He would definitely not do anything to Alfred because he had no reason to do so!"

Lebanon looked at Mango and suddenly smiled with sadness.

"Sometimes I envy Nathaniel so much. He's too lucky to have a wife like you!"

"Well, Nathaniel is also very kind to me too."

"Hmm... that's true, but I think you've sacrificed so much for him! In fact, I think other women might have left him by now. After all, the Ye family almost caused you to lose your life! So, why are you still determined to stay with him?"

Mango found Lebanon's words to be a little offensive.

"Well, I guess humans need love as much as they need food to survive. I don't want to explain it in detail, but aren't you and Alfred in the same situation? Why did you fall in love with him and not someone else then?"

After Mango finished her words, Lebanon laughed at himself and said, "Haha! Well, to be honest, he wasn't my only choice. Perhaps I could marry someone else and give birth to kids to achieve my own goals.

I thought that our love would last forever, but I guess... this incident proved otherwise."

"What do you mean? Were you planning to get married when Alfred was still alive?"

If Lebanon answered 'yes' to this question, Mango would definitely look down on him!

Fortunately, Lebanon shook his head and said, "Nah, I'm just giving you an example. Alright, you can leave now."

The corner of Mango's mouth twitched.

"Huh? Why did you ask me to come here then?"

"Maybe I just needed someone to talk to. I was afraid that I would go crazy."

Mango obviously couldn't accept Lebanon's answer.

She stood up quickly.

"You're insane!"

Mango left after saying that.

Lebanon whispered, "You will be insane too if you grew up in the same environment as I did."

"Well, I'm glad that I don't know how you grew up then!"

Mango felt that there was no need for her to stay any longer.

She was relieved since Lebanon knew that this incident had nothing to do with Nathaniel. Right now, she knew that Lebanon would not attack them for revenge secretly, so they could talk about other problems

at a later time.

Lebanon did not ask Mango to stay, but he suddenly opened his mouth when Mango's fingers touched the doorknob.

"Mango, Nathaniel asked me to get a visa for his men so that they go to get to Angolla previously. Now, I've gotten the visa, but he's been arrested. What should I do now?"

Mango's body suddenly froze after hearing this.

"Huh? Why did he want to go to Angolla?"

"To pick up Gisella."

Mango was stunned upon hearing Lebanon's words.

"What? Who is handling Gisella now then?"