The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 187

Nathaniel had made Mango's favorite century egg and pork porridge. But he could not find Mango when he came in.

Nathaniel's heart started to race suddenly.

Could it be that someone had taken Mango away from him again?

"Mango, Mango!"

Nathaniel felt panicked.

He shouted Mango's name and he searched everywhere for her. Then, he heard a soft voice rang out in the house.

"I'm here."

Nathaniel was confused at this moment.

He had clearly heard Mango's voice but how could he not see where she was?

"Mango, where are you?"

Nathaniel put the porridge on the table and he quietly listened to the source of Mango's voice. Even after waiting for a long time, Mango did not reply.

He felt that he must have hallucinated her voice.

Mango was no longer here and he did not know who had taken Mango away.

Nathaniel anxiously tried to stand up when he suddenly realized that someone had grabbed hold of his foot. He lowered his head and he saw Mango's frightened eyes were looking out from under the bed.

Nathaniel was shocked and his heart ached until he felt suffocated. Soon, his voice became so hoarse that he found it hard to speak.

"What are you doing here?"

He did not blame Mango at all and he still wanted to pull her out from under the bed.

Mango sat on the bed like a child who had done something wrong. She was anxious that she did not know what to do with her hands.

She did not know what to say to Nathaniel neither.

Mango felt that Nathaniel would be very irritated by her.

There was no way for her to hide herself when she was imprisoned in Abyss' house. Back then, the happiest time for Mango was during the night when no one was around and she could be alone in the dark staring at the ceiling until dawn.

Although it was boring, the dark night gave her a sense of security.

But now in front of Nathaniel, Mango suddenly felt ashamed of herself.

She was no longer the generous and confident Mango that she was back then. Thus, Mango had no clue how to tell Nathaniel about this.

With Mango's silence, Nathaniel's heart pierced bitterly.

"I've made your favorite century egg and pork porridge. Let's have some, okay?"

Nathaniel changed the topic but he still looked at Mango tenderly. However, she lowered her head as she felt like she was unable to maintain eye contact with him.

"I'm sorry."

"Don't apologize to me. It's not your fault. No matter what you've been through or how you're doing now, I'll be there for you. Mango, you have to believe me when I say that we're a married couple. I will not abandon you nor despise you, and I will not loathe you just because you're mentally traumatized. You're still the same Mango in my heart, the girl who chased after me all day long and told me that she liked me."

Nathaniel said sincerely and Mango felt like she wanted to cry.

She must have really become weak. Otherwise, why did she always want to cry?

"Thank you."

Mango lowered her head and she watched as Nathaniel sat next to her. Not long ago, his long and slender legs were entangled with hers. But now that she was dirty all over, she was ashamed of sitting next to Nathaniel.

"Stay away from me. I'll eat it myself."

Mango felt as if she was a beggar while Nathaniel was a noble emperor. With that, the two no longer seemed like a good match for each other.

She did not know where she got the gut that she dared to be able to tangle with Nathaniel like that just now.

She felt like she was no longer worthy.

Nathaniel saw Mango was flinching and he did not give her the bowl and chopsticks. He said in a gentle voice, "I'd like to feed you. Would you indulge me?"

What reason could Mango have to refuse him?

She then nodded.

A wave of nausea resurfaced when Nathaniel brought the porridge to Mango's mouth.

Mango did not want to lose her composure in front of Nathaniel. She tried her best to hold back her nausea and she watched as Nathaniel fed her the porridge. She chewed gently but she felt that her stomach was churning.

"No!"

"I can't lose my cool in front of Nathaniel!" She thought.

"He mustn't know that I can't eat anything now, or else Nathaniel will feel even more guilty."

Mango never wanted Nathaniel to feel guilty for her!

Mango tried hard to suppress her nausea. When Nathaniel attempted to feed her the second bite, she shook her head and she said, "I don't want to eat anymore."

The porridge was once her favorite food but now she could not even swallow it.

Mango did not know what happened to her. Perhaps she was really sick. Mango dared not look into Nathaniel's eyes.

"Would he feel that I'm very hard to deal with?" She thought.

Would Nathaniel think that she was being dramatic?

But Mango really could not eat another bite.

Unexpectedly, Nathaniel did not force her to eat. Instead, he ate the remaining porridge that she had left behind.

Mango looked at his unbothered expression and her eyes grew wet with tears again.

"I'm going to the bathroom."

Mango ran to the bathroom as if she was trying to escape. She was in a hurry that she did not even care about the quilt that fell off her body.

Nathaniel sighed silently when he saw Mango behaved like this.

"She just had one bite. Is she really unable to eat now?" He said to himself.