The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 207

"Where did this thing come from?"

Nathaniel grabbed the thing in Mango's hand.

It turned out to be a small tracking device.

Mango did not know what this thing was used for, but then she said in a heavy voice, "I don't know. Since I left the hospital, I only went to the Fallen Paradise and I didn't go anywhere else."

"The Fallen Paradise is the Dark Night Empire of our Ye family. It's impossible for them to do this, unless someone has tampered with Thomas' car."

Then, Nathaniel's gaze darkened.

Thomas was frequently outside, so he could have been marked by someone and they had tampered with him. Thus, Nathaniel's gaze darkened even more as he thought of this.

Then, Mango became nervous.

"Maybe it's not Thomas."

"Could it be Mr. Malthus who put the tracker on you? But why?"

Nathaniel's question was so abrupt that Mango could not answer it all at once.

Indeed, there was always danger surrounding them, which worried Mango.

Who had been targeting them?

Nathaniel felt that they could not stay here any longer after they found the tracker on Mango's body.

Thus, he quickly got out of the car and he put the tracker beside a rock. Then, he pulled her aboard the car and he said, "We need to leave now."

Thus, Mango felt his anxiety. The two quickly fastened their seat belts and they drove all the way down the mountain.

When they were about to reach the foot of the mountain, Nathaniel noticed that there were many people gathered there. Not only were there military personnel, but there were others as well.

Hence, it became impossible to drive through there.

Nathaniel pondered for a moment before he said decisively, "Let's get out and go up the mountain."

"Huh?"

Even though Mango was a little surprised, but she did not protest. She followed Nathaniel out of the car obediently and they walked up the mountain.

The path Nathaniel had chosen was different from the others. In fact, he was going for the ones which no one had taken before.

After the two of them had walked for a while, Mango felt tired.

She had worn high heels today, so walking up the mountain was painful. However in order not to drag Nathaniel down, she did not say a word until she could not stand it any longer. Then, she gasped, "Let's stop for a minute."

Thus, Nathaniel stopped. In the dark, he could not see Mango's face clearly but he smelled the faint scent of blood.

"Are you injured?"

"No, it's just that my feet hurt slightly."

Truthfully, Mango felt a burning pain in the back of her heel. However, she did not feel any liquid flowing out.

Only then did Nathaniel realize that she had worn high heels today.

Then, he quickly took off his coat and he laid it on a stone. After that, he told Mango to sit on it.

Next, Nathaniel knelt and he lifted one of Mango's feet. As he was about to take off Mango's high heels, she cried out in pain.

"Ouch! It hurts."

"I'm afraid the skin has been rubbed off."

Then, Nathaniel slowly took off her shoes. As he expected, Mango's pale feet were now red and swollen, and small wisps of blood oozed out.

Thus, he felt very distressed.

Nathaniel took off Mango's shoes and he held them. Then, he said to Mango, "Come on, I'll carry you on my back."

"This mountain road is hard to walk on. It's going be very difficult for you to carry me on your back. It's okay, I can take it."

In truth, Mango did not want herself to be a burden to Nathaniel.

Nathaniel said softly, "If you do that, your feet will be damaged. Just come on up."

"But you..."

"Come on up!"

Nathaniel's indisputable tone left Mango with no choice but to climb onto his back.

His back was broad and it gave Mango a sense of security. Even in the dark, Nathaniel did not slow down despite having Mango on his back.

"Take out my phone and call Dylan."

As Nathaniel spoke, Mango put her hand into Nathaniel's shirt pocket.

Her hand was cold, and when she touched Nathaniel's shirt, he stiffened.

Thus, Mango knew that she might have touched Nathaniel's sensitive area. However, she did not stop and she quickly retrieved the phone before she called Dylan.

At the time, Dylan was exercising. When he heard the phone was ringing and he saw that it was Nathaniel's phone number, he answered it immediately.

"Nathaniel, are you home?"

"No. There's a lot of people blocking our way at the foot of the mountain, what sort of directions did you give me?"

Even though Nathaniel knew that this matter had nothing to do with Dylan, he still said it anyway.

At that, Dylan felt rather irritated.

"That's impossible, the place belongs to the military. Except for me, no one can enter it, let alone block it."

"Do you think I'm joking? It's late and the wind is blowing hard. Mango and I are stranded on the mountain and we have no idea if we'll run into anyone. Do you really think I want to joke with you?"

As Nathaniel spoke, Dylan heard the sound of the cold wind through the phone.

Thus, he became anxious.

"Where are you? I'll come to pick you up."

"There's no need for that. Just drive the jeep down and lure them away. Mango and I will find a way back. The keys are still in the car."

"Alright, you guys take care!"

Thus, Dylan hung up the phone and he quickly went out.

After Nathaniel had been walking around for a while with Mango on his back, he realized that they were lost.

The area they were in was very big, and it became rather cold at night. Hence, Nathaniel felt that Mango had started to shiver.

"Let's find a place to rest, if not we'll get someone to pick us up."

If Nathaniel were alone, it would be easier to deal with this. However, he had Mango with him now.