The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 1266

"Rita!"

Mango quickly carried Rita into her arms and rolled to the side on the ground.

She looked in Nathaniel's direction and noticed that nothing happened there. The two of them were still talking about something in front of Nick's grave. She frowned slightly.

She didn't want to disturb Nathaniel and Nathaniel's time with Nick, but there was obviously a sniper here.

Mango protected Rita in her arms. The latter whispered, "Mom, I can feel it. The other party is hiding at a taller altitude of three o'clock on our left."

"Okay."

Mango nodded but didn't say a word.

Even if they knew the position of the sniper, Mango did not bring a gun with her. Rita did not bring anything with her either. The two of them were just sitting ducks if they dared to move now.

Rita couldn't help but feel anxious when she saw that Mango was remaining silent.

"Mom, did you hear what I said?"

"Yes, but now we don't have any weapons, so it's unwise to go out. Moreover, our primary task is to warn your father and Wisdom to be careful."

Rita frowned as her face was scrunched together upon hearing Mango's words.

They were a little far from Nathaniel, so they didn't know what was going on at his current position.

Rita took out her phone. Just as she was about to call Nathaniel, a bullet sent her phone flying directly.

At this instant, Mango finally understood that the other party didn't want to kill them. Instead, they wanted them to stay put.

So what was their goal?

Mango looked in the direction of Nathaniel's position.

Nathaniel and Wisdom were talking in front of Nick's grave, but they suddenly sensed that danger was heading their way.

Wisdom wanted to turn around, but Nathaniel held his hand and pulled him into his arms to protect him.

"Mr. Ye is really responsive."

A voice said mockingly behind them. It was very unfamiliar, but its owner sounded very young.

Nathaniel turned his head slightly and glanced at the person in front of him. His heart ached slightly.

"Is it you?"

"Do you know me?"

Maverick was a little shocked.

He didn't know who his mother was since he was a child since his father didn't tell him at all. However, his father was very strict with him. It was not until the age of eighteen that his father told him about his mother's identity, and at the same time, he told him that he had a half-brother born to the same mother in the world.

Over the years, Maverick had been collecting information about Nathaniel in secret. It could be said that he knew Nathaniel very well, but the latter only knew about Maverick not long ago.

After all, one could only win a battle by a thorough understanding of oneself and one's enemy. Based on this point, Nathaniel had lost to Maverick.

However, Nathaniel was not as surprised as Maverick had imagined him to be. He simply said calmly, "If you are here to offer some prayers for Nick, then stand properly. If not, get out of here right now. Don't be so naive as to think that you can do anything by placing a few snipers here. I allowed you to place the snipers here because I tolerate your actions, but it doesn't mean I'll let you do what you want."

After saying that, he ignored Maverick and held Wisdom's hand to light incense for Nick.

Wisdom didn't know who the person in front of him was, but he didn't ask as well. After respectfully placing the incense on the grave, he stood aside and waited.

Even though Maverick had thought of thousands of possibilities, he didn't expect Nathaniel to be so indifferent and calm. He didn't expect the latter to say such things to him either.

For a moment, he was stunned. He subconsciously lit incense for Nick as well.

After offering his prayers, Nathaniel said lightly, "You can leave now."

"I think I would like to have a good conversation with you or Nick."

Maverick actually hated Nathaniel to the core. After all, his mother had been with the latter for so many years and accompanied them as a housekeeper. However, Maverick had never been loved by a mother.

However, when he really met Nathaniel, he found that the hatred in his heart was only there because of jealousy.

"What do you want to talk about? You'd better not hurt my wife or daughter, or else, I'll kill you no matter who your mother is."

Nathaniel's words were calm, and no emotions could be detected in those words. It was so distant that it was bone-chilling and terrifying.

Maverick looked at Nathaniel as he whispered, "I'm not so crazy about killing others. Don't think so lowly of me."

"But you can offer a bounty on my life with ten million dollars."

Maverick was a little speechless upon hearing Nathaniel's words.

"Aren't you still alive? Besides, they have failed their mission. I won't give them the money at all. Now I've changed my mind that I'll let you stay alive."

Nathaniel had no comment on Maverick's sudden change of attitude. He only looked at the photo of Nick and whispered, "Were you there when Nick was killed?"

Maverick froze momentarily because of his words.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because you knew about me and Nick since a long time ago. I don't believe you wouldn't pay attention to our moves. When Nick was in danger, I couldn't make it here. You should have had a chance and time to save him, but he was still dead

in the end."

Nathaniel looked at Maverick with a hint of sharpness and murderous intent in his eyes.