The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 375

Nathaniel's expression was unpleasant to say the least.

They had predicted that Andrea would come and destroy the surveillance footage. Unfortunately for her, Mango and Nathaniel were prepared for that and they'd set up another camera that was connected separately. No matter how smart Andrea thought she was, she never expected that her attempt at murdering Queena would be recorded.

Then, Mango looked over at Queena. She had no idea what was on her mother's mind, but she noticed that Queena had a sour expression on her face. She said, "Mom, why not we have a doctor check in on you? I'm still worried about you."

"I'm fine. I was just a little out of breath just now, but I'm better now."

Queena's voice was a little hoarse, and her strength seemed to have been depleted.

Despite the fact that Queena disliked Andrea to the point that she even attempted to kill her own daughter, Queena was still a little hurt when Andrea tried to murder her.

Perhaps Andrea felt the same way.

Suddenly, Queena felt sorry for Andrea, but she could not justify Andrea's actions when she recalled all the bad things he daughter had done.

"Do what you will with the video. I'm well enough to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow."

"Mom, you..."

Mango still wanted to say something, but Nathaniel stopped her.

He shook his head at Mango with a complicated emotion in his eyes.

"I'm tired, so all of you should head home."

Queena lay down on the bed immediately after she spoke.

On the other hand, Mango remained silent when she saw Queena like that and followed Nathaniel out of the ward.

"Did I do something wrong?"

Mango bit her lower lip and asked in a low voice.

In truth, she assumed that Queena wouldn't mind going along with this plan since she'd tried to kill Andrea once before. Mango was tired of being the victim and she wanted to fight back, but she never accounted for Queena's reaction to be so negative.

Once Nathaniel noticed how solemn Mango was being, he replied, "What's done is done, so stop dwelling on it. Even though your mother tried to kill Andrea, she'd still feel hurt when Andrea tries to do the same to her. After all, Andrea is her daughter just like you. It's already good enough that she's allowing us to deal with Andrea however we want, so let's not force her to do anything else. Ultimately, she is still Andrea's mother."

Mango fell silent upon hearing Nathaniel's words.

"Do you regret it now?"

"A little bit, but I had to do it. Andrea would never give up, and it's clear that she hates me to the point that she would try to murder mom, whom she loves so much. Hence, I have no obligation to be merciful to her."

Then, Mango's eyes narrowed slightly.

She looked back in the direction of Queenals ward and sighed deeply before she left with Nathaniel.

After they left, Queena turned and spoke to the nurse, "You can go and take a break, I'll be fine on my own."

"But Mr. Ye said..."

"I hired you, didn't I? I would like to be alone." Queena's expression darkened, which frightened the nurse. Then, she quickly nodded her head and left the ward.

A deep sadness settled over Queena when she was left alone.

Truth be told, she'd made plenty of mistakes on her life.

She hadn't been a good woman.

She clearly loved Dennis, but she broke up with him because he left to fight on the battlefield. Furthermore, she even had a daughter with another man.

As a mother, she failed to take care of Mango after she was born. Instead, she'd given her away to someone else and she'd never seen Mango for over two decades.

As for her other daughter, Queena had always felt like Andrea was an embarrassment because she wasn't the daughter of the man that she loved. To make matters worse, Andrea had become such a vicious and despicable woman.

Hence, she hadn't played the two most important roles in a woman's life. She even felt sorry for the Hans Family because she couldn't be a good daughter in law.

Honestly, Queena didn't really know her purpose throughout her entire life, but she didn't have the bravery to die anymore.

It was very difficult for someone to attempt suicide even once, and she didn't have the courage to have another brush with death.

Then, Queena suddenly realised that her entire life was a failure.

She wanted to protect Mango, but she couldn't do much about it in the end. Furthermore, her daughter already had a man she loved.

She suddenly realised the harm that she'd caused Andrea, but there was no way she could save her daughter from the dark path that Andrea had taken.

So what could she do?

Nothing!

Queena grew increasingly upset as she reflected on her life. Then, she couldn't help but stand up and sign her discharge papers from the hospital. After that, she returned to the Hans Family mansion alone.

The mansion was eerily quiet.

Meanwhile, Madam Hans was very upset about Terrance losing track of Andrea. The house was finally silent as Madam Hans had fallen asleep and Terrance had been dispatched to find Andrea.

In the huge mansion, only the lone lamp in the living room was lit.

When one of the maids saw Queena's arrival, she immediately went forward to greet her, but Queena stopped her abruptly.

"Go to sleep, I want to be alone."