The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 332

"Hahaha!"

Mango couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Charlotte had heard a lot about Rita, but she hadn't met the little girl formally before. Hence, she always assumed that Rita was gentle and kind but sickly. Now that Rita shot her in the face with a water blaster the moment they met, Charlotte was quite shocked indeed.

Meanwhile, Zion struggled as he said, "Put me down Auntie Blu! My sister is very protective of me."

"Let go of my brother!"

Rita stepped forward with the water blaster in her hand as she gave Charlotte a death glare.

Then, Charlotte looked back at Mango in dismay, only to become more irritated when she saw her best friend had laugh herself silly.

"Hey, little girl, could we talk about this? Your brother caused me to be abandoned at the cemetery overnight, and that nearly scared me to death. So, I need to sort this out with him."

Zion couldn't help but shrink backwards when he heard Charlotte's words.

Mango only knew that Walter had abandoned Charlotte at the cemetery, but she wasn't clear about the details. Hence, she turned her gaze to Zion as Charlotte spoke.

On the other hand, Zion felt quite embarrassed and he grinned sheepishly. "How did I know that Uncle Song would do that to you? I was in a rush, plus, I only did that because you knew him."

"You're still trying to explain yourself? You little brat, I landed myself in so much trouble because of you! What's worse, you don't even feel guilty for what you have done!"

As soon as Charlotte mentioned that incident, she became angry.

Then, Rita stepped forward and grabbed Charlotte's hand before she said, "Even if my brother tricked you, you shouldn't hold it against him. Don't you think it's embarrassing for you to seek revenge against my brother?"

"What the hell?"

Charlotte now found it hard to defend herself.

Rita was obviously very protective indeed.

"Honey, you better get it straight. It's your brother's fault."

"I don't care, let go of my brother!"

Rita pulled at Charlotte's arm to no avail, and she got so angry that she blasted Charlotte in the face with the water blaster again.

"How dare you bully my brother? Let go of him!"

Charlotte was caught off guard by the spray of water, and she became very irritated.

"Mango, can't you control your daughter? This is too much!"

Since Rita was indeed going a little overboard, Mango decided to intervene.

"Rita, stop! You can't do this to Auntie Blu! You need to respect her!"

"But she's bullying Zion!"

Rita pouted in defiance, and she looked as if she was about to cry.

Thus, Zion's heart ached for his little sister.

"It's all right, Rita. Auntie Blu and I are just having a little bit of fun, right?”

After that, Zion looked straight at Charlotte.

Charlotte didn't know if she was just hallucinating, but Zion looked exactly like a carbon copy of Nathaniel, right down to the look in his eyes!

Hence, she couldn't help but stare blankly for a moment before she let go of Zion and said, "You stinking brat!”

Then, she roughly ruffled his hair. Although Zion was irritated at that, he didn't show it on his face.

After Zion regained his freedom, he pulled Rita behind him and bowed to Charlotte. Then, he said, "I'm sorry for what I did earlier, Auntie Blu. I was immature and I didn't know any better, so I hope you won't hold it against me."

Charlotte was at a loss after she heard his words.

If she continued to bicker with Zion, she would come across as petty. However, it wouldn't be right for her to forgive him as he didn't look sincerely sorry at all.

Charlotte gritted her teeth in anger, but Rita poked out her head from behind Zion before she could say anything else. Rita looked at Zion and she whispered when her brother nodded at her, "Auntie Blu, I'm sorry for blasting you in the face with water. Please don't be angry with me, all right?"

This time, Charlotte was able to tell that Zion was actually apologising in order to set a good example for Rita and he didn't want to trouble Mango as well.

Hence, her anger subsided when she realised how sensible Zion was being.

"Oh, I'm not angry. Didn't your brother just say we were just having a bit of fun? You said that your name was Rita right?"

"That's right!"

Rita nodded her head, albeit timidly.

She hardly ever interacted with people, and she was afraid of strangers. If Charlotte hadn't grabbed Zion's collar, she wouldn't have jumped out to defend him at all.

Now, Rita seemed to have withdrawn back into her shell as a nervous glint appeared in her eyes.

On the other hand, Charlotte was familiar with Rita's situation. Hence, her heart ached upon the sight of the young girl's nervousness.

"How about I reintroduce myself? My name is Charlotte Blu, and I'm your mommy's best friend. You can call me Auntie Blu, or Godmum if you'd like!"

It was obvious that Charlotte liked Rita very much.

Rita's frail appearance always seemed to evoke a protective instinct in people.

"Godmum?"

Rita's voice was full of doubt, but it still made Charlotte feed delighted.

"Ah, you're my goddaughter now! You're such a good girl, so much better than your brother!"

Charlotte was so happy that she nearly picked Rita up off the ground.

However, Zion cut in disdainfully at the sight of her joy, "Rita was just asking, not actually addressing you, Auntie Blu!"