The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 188

Soon afterward, Thomas left but Nathaniel did not enter Mango's room as he knew that she was having a hard time mentally. Anyone who had suffered like that would not be able to accept it calmly. Even when Mango acted like this, at least it was better, compared to suffering depression.

Thus, Nathaniel kept on comforting himself, but he still felt a sharp pain in his heart.

He had wanted to smoke but in the end, he decided against it.

After that, Madam Ye walked over to Nathaniel. Once she saw her son acting like this, she asked softly, "What's wrong? Did you two have a quarrel?"

Nathaniel shook his head and he said, "I wish it was a quarrel. She has locked herself in the room and she refuses to come out."

"Give her some time, Nathaniel. Any woman who has gone through something like this would be traumatized. I'll ask Wisdom not to take Rita to visit Mango during this period of time, so she can recover in peace. Anyway, our family owes her."

Madam Ye was also a woman. Hence, she definitely knew how a woman suffered after she had lost a child.

"If it doesn't work, how about I go and give her some advice?" Madam Ye asked Nathaniel.

In truth, Madam Ye was actually very satisfied with her daughter-in-law.

Nathaniel shook his head and he said, "We'll settle our problems on our own. Don't worry about it anymore, Mom. When your medical examination results are out, you'll have to listen to me no matter what the result is."

Madam Ye smiled and she shook her head.

"Oh Nathaniel, even after all this you still worry about me. We'll talk after the results are out then."

After Madam Ye left, Nathaniel was left alone at the door.

He stood there and he kept looking inside the room. However, it was so quiet inside and it made Nathaniel feel uneasy.

"Mango, are you there?"

Nathaniel's eyelids twitched anxiously.

He began knocking on the door but Mango did not respond to him. Hence, Nathaniel who was so scared that he opened the door. As he ran in, only to see Mango laid on the toilet. Ahe was retching.

There was a glass of water as well as some water stains on the table. Obviously, Mango had wanted to drink water but she could not help but vomit it out. This content is © NôvelDrama.Org.

Nathaniel felt distraught.

He quickly went forward and he patted Mango's back gently. With the gesture, Nathaniel hoped he could make her feel more comfortable.

"If you really can't do it, then forget it. Don't force yourself. The doctor already told us that we need to take it slow to heal this disease. I'll ask the doctor to give you a multivitamin solution first. Let's take it to step by step, okay?"

Nathaniel felt that even being injured would not hurt as much as he saw Mango acting like this.

Mango gasped for air and sat on the floor as she looked at Nathaniel. She said, "Take it slow means how long will that take? A week? A month? Or a year? I can't go on like this, I have to be stronger

on my own. I have Rita and I still have to find Zion. What's more, I want to grow old together with you, but I don't want to be in this condition if I'm with you. I have my pride too, Nathaniel. Do you understand?"

At this moment, tears welled up in Mango's eyes.

She had already tried very hard, but why couldn't she do it?

Why?

This feeling of frustration really made Mango somewhat crushed.

She did not want to distance herself from Nathaniel nor did she want to spend her life beneath him. In truth, what Mango wanted was to be equal to Nathaniel so that she could proudly tell everyone that she was his wife and that she was worthy of him!

However, the whole situation was really bad now, it was so bad that she felt a little out of her depth.

Of course Nathaniel knew about Mango's pride.

He then carried Mango in his arms and turned back to the bed. He explained in low voice, "I can give you time for you to regain your pride and get you back on top of your game, but Mango, you have to promise me that you won't hurt yourself. It hurts me to see you like this, you know?"

"I can only overcome it when I confront it." She replied.

"Can't you tell me about what happened to you? We'll overcome it together!"

Nathaniel could not bear to see Mango act like this.

Mango was undoubtedly a resilient woman.

However, her resilience made Nathaniel's heartache for her.

"The pain is a huge burden which will crush you if you bear it alone. But if you share the pain with me, then it will be much easier for you. Mango, we are husband and wife, what burden can't we share? Do you think that I would despise you for it?"

Nathaniel did not want to raise his voice towards Mango but he really could not help himself.

Mango had spun herself into a cocoon and she would not let anybody in. In effect, she would be trapped forever inside it unless she broke free of it like a butterfly escaping its cocoon. Until then, no one could do anything further.

Mango did not speak and she sat there while she bit her lower lip. Her gaze was blank but her eyes carried a trace of unshed tears.

Nathaniel's heart softened.

He could not bring himself to blame her, not to mention to speak too harshly to her. Nathaniel cradled Mango in his arms and he said in a gentle voice, "What do you want me to do then?"

Mango gripped his lapel tightly and she wanted to apologize to him. However, she felt so pale and no strength at all.

The oppressive atmosphere was almost overwhelming Nathaniel when his phone rang.

Nathaniel took out the phone and he saw that it was a call from Dylan. He let go of Mango and he said, "Hold on. I need to take this call."

"Okay!"

Mango did not stop him.

Nathaniel was afraid that bringing Abyss up in front of Mango would trigger her bad memories again, so he had to leave.

Nathaniel went outside and he called Dylan back. "What's up?"

"Did you manage to rescue Mango?"

Dylan was quite concerned.

Nathaniel said softly, "Yeah, I rescued her."

"Then take her out and let me meet her. She's my sister-in-law after all."

"She's not doing too well. I don't think she'll be able to go out anytime soon."

Nathaniel's voice was deep and low, woven with a hint of heartache.

Dylan frowned.

"Hmm? What happened? Did that b*stard Abyss hurt her?" This was the first question that came to Dylan's mind.

Nathaniel shook his head and he said, "No, it's something else. Have you received the message I asked Thomas to deliver to you?"

"That's exactly what I'm calling you about. You can't buy the Fallen Paradise, that family's background is too powerful and even my dad has to think about it. Why do you want to buy it? Can you even run a place like that? Or did you buy it with the intention of making it a legitimate business? If it's the latter, don't even think about it. The Fallen Paradise would have no customers if it was legitimate. What's more, it's linked to a whole network of criminals and you might offend a lot of them."

Dylan's words made Nathaniel frown deeply as he felt so troubled.

"Is there really no other way?"

"No, the Fallen Paradise isn't just a family business. Not many people know the person behind who operates it and they are not someone who can be messed with by regular people. Otherwise, how can there be no one investigating such a big trafficking group? How does everyone know that there are new goods every day, but they're playing by the book? Nathaniel, why the hell do you want to buy the Fallen Paradise?"

Dylan could not help but feel curious.

Nathaniel was not a person interested in undercover criminal dealings. Why did he suddenly want to buy the Fallen Paradise then?

Nathaniel pondered for a moment at this before he said, "I suspect that Mango was punished at the Fallen Paradise and that affected her mentally. Now, her illness is getting complicated and she doesn't want to share with me. Even then, I have to know the reason before I can help her to cure it."

"I see. If you just want to know about the rules, penal code, and what are they running in there, I think I might have a way to help you. However, I'm telling you to forget about buying the Fallen Paradise."

Nathaniel nodded when he heard what Dylan had said.

"Fine, as long as I find out what I want to know, it doesn't matter to me whether I buy it or not."

"Okay, then just wait for news from me. This can't be rushed as I have to figure it out. I'll tell you once I have any information."

"All right."

After Nathaniel hung up, he suddenly felt that the situation here in the United States was much more complicated than it was back home. If it weren't for the fact that Dylan was here, it might be really difficult for Nathaniel to do anything.

He did not know how Abyss would react when he found out that Mango was gone. Thus, Nathaniel figured that Abyss would not let it go so easily.

As he thought of this, Nathaniel summoned Thomas and he strengthened the security system in the hospital.

The tightening of security made everyone feel nervous, even Mango as well. She knew that there was no way for Nathaniel and Abyss to coexist peacefully.

In fact, after learning Abyss's true colors, Mango could no longer face Abyss as calm as before. However, she could not forget that he had saved her life five years ago as well as educated her two children.

Every time Mango forced herself to drink water, she ended up vomiting it back up. At last, she vomited until her body was exhausted.

Nathaniel did not say a word. Although he was distressed, he knew that he could not stop Mango.

She was nothing if not stubborn.

This fact was known to Nathaniel since five years ago. Otherwise, Mango would not have persisted in liking Nathaniel for so many years without going after someone else.

But he still felt distressed.

Whenever Mango finished vomiting, he patiently took her back to bed again and again. In addition to that, he wiped her body and mouth and he even asked the doctor to give her multivitamins when it was necessary to keep her going.

After three days, Mango was exhausted but there was no improvement.

She looked at Nathaniel and she said helplessly, "Do you think I'm faking this?"

"Not at all, you can do whatever you want. I told you, I'll stay with you."

Over the past three days, Nathaniel had lost a lot of weight. Although he tried hard to put his best foot forward in front of Mango, the dark circles around his eyes had revealed his true condition.

Mango leaned against the bed and she said weakly, "Please hire a psychologist for me."

Mango had finally relented.

She thought that she could solve some things solely through her own perseverance but in the end, she still failed.

She could see Nathaniel's love for her as well as his reluctance to part with her. After three days of torture, not only had she exhausted herself, but Nathaniel as well.

Hence, she did not want to go on with this torture anymore.

If Nathaniel had not been with her, she would have been able to keep going like this for a month, let alone three days. But now, she found that she could not bear to see Nathaniel suffer, much less him pining like this for her.

This was not what Mango had wanted!