The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 270

Mango had not wanted to talk about it at first, but she recalled a very innportant thing now as Nathaniel reminded her of it.

She looked over at Edolie, who was sleeping soundly before she spoke with some concern in her voice, "Let's talk about this outside."

Nathaniel's brow furrowed deeply and it was clear that he disagreed with that suggestion.

Mango's body temperature was fluctuating, and it was clear that she was about to have a fever. Furthermore, Mango wouldn’t have been like this if it wasn't for Edolie, and she even wanted to talk outside out of consideration for the younger girl. So, Nathaniel couldn't help but want to kick Edolie out of the tent.

Obviously, Mango noticed Nathaniel's intentions so she pulled on his arm to stop him and she said, "Why are you being so harsh to a child?"

"You’re the only one here that's treating her like a child."

Nathaniel couldn't do anything to Edolie because Mango was stopping him, so he had no choice but to wrap Mango up in the blanket before he carried her out of the tent.

Then, Edolie who was supposedly fast asleep opened her eyes. She had a thoughtful expression on her face as she watched them leave the tent. However, she did not say anything else and she fell asleep again.

Of course, Nathaniel noticed the gaze that followed him, but he only paused for a moment and he did not point it out to Mango. Honestly, Mango was the only one who was stupid enough to still care about Edolie's wellbeing.

Then, he sighed and said, "Mango, you really are far too kind towards others. What would you do without me by your side?"

Mango felt annoyed as Nathaniel belittled her and she said, "I can't be that useless, am I?"

"There are worse things I haven't mentioned."

"Then why do you love such an incapable person?"

Right now, Mango was really becoming quite annoyed.

However, Nathaniel's tone was plain when he said, "I don't really have much of a choice. My life has been smooth- sailing up until now, so I'm not really interested in independent women, perhaps I prefer taking care of women who are accident-prone like you."

"Nathaniel Ye, do you wish to be beaten?"

Right now, Mango felt that Nathaniel was simply despicable.

Then, she reached out her hand from under the blanket and began to tickle Nathaniel.

However, Nathaniel just smiled and said, "You'd better think carefully about what you' re doing because you' re going to fall straight onto the ground if I let you go."

Only then did Mango realize the position they were in.

After that, she snorted and said, 'TH spare you for now."

"Oh, then I'll have to thank you then."

Nathaniel still carried Mango in his arms as he sat down on a rock outside the tent, he was obviously much gentler to her now.

Mango enjoyed seeing Nathaniel doting solely on her like this, and she would very much rather spend time in their own personal space for a few more days. Alas, that wish of hers was impossible to fulfill as there were too many things happening right now.

As they watched the scenery outside, the sun had already begun to rise and the warm light illuminated the area around them. At the same time, Mango felt like the warm sunlight was pushing away all the darkness around her. Hence, she discarded the feeling of narrowly escaping death from her mind as she lay in Nathaniel’s arms.

Mango encircled Nathaniel’s waist with her arms as she said, "What do we do now? Suddenly, all I want is to stay here with you until we grow old together, which is free of any outside interruptions or people trying to tear us apart. Plus, we could do whatever we want..."

Nathaniel’s eyes narrowed and a flash of hurt crossed his eyes as he heard Mango’s words.

"No one can separate us. They failed to do so five years ago, and they will never succeed if they ever try again in the future."

"Even so, there are too many things happening out there and all of it is a mess. Honestly, I don't know what will happen after this or how things will develop in the future."

Mango's voice sounded delicate as she said that.

Nathaniel hugged Mango tightly as he muttered, "You've suffered a lot of hardship because you married me. If you had fallen in love with a regular person instead, perhaps your life would be different now. You could have had a normal job with your husband, or you'll be the sole breadwinner for the family. Either way, you would have never needed to experience so much hardship and worry."

"Do you regret marrying me?"

Mango raised her head, and the bright smile on her face made Nathaniel’s heart soar.

Nathaniel shook his head as he replied softly, "I could’ve let you go if I never loved you, but right now I only want you by my side even if I have to walk through the fires of hell to achieve that."

"Ah Nathaniel, you're overbearing, barbaric, and not to mention especially unreasonable."

Regardless, Mango still smiled contentedly.

Then, Nathaniel suddenly lowered his head and he captured Mango’s lips in a soft kiss. After he was done, he said, "Don't you prefer me being like that?"

"Ugh, you're so shameless!"

Mango panted for breath due to the kiss, but she was clearly in a jovial mood.

She cherished dearly all the time she spent with

Nathaniel as times like this were few and far between.

Mango spoke as she lay in Nathaniel’s arms while listening to his steady heartbeat. "How did you meet Zack?”

Nathaniel paused for a moment as the topic of Zack was brought up and he muttered, “We entered the military at the same time, and we were batch mates. After that, we were both deployed into the battlefield as close comrades, and we remained very close friends even though we've retired."

"What if this close friend of yours betrays you?”

Mango asked softly in a tentative voice, but then Nathaniel tensed up as if he realized something?

"Is Zack the traitor?”

Nathaniel could not believe what Mango told him.

Even if he interrogated everyone on the base, he would have never imagined that the traitor would be Zack.

As she saw Nathaniel’ s surprised expression, Mango knew that he was very upset right now.

Nevertheless, she whispered, "It’s him. I personally overheard the truth.”