The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 423

Andrea's reaction was completely involuntary.

Terrance's eyes seemed to search her soul with murderous intent, as though he wanted to rip her to shreds there and then.

Andrea shook her head quickly.

"It wasn't me, uncle! I swear it wasn't!"

Mango had lost her patience and she barked, "Let's not waste any more time, or are you stalling so your men can drive the car out of the compound? It shouldn't be this difficult if you profess your innocence, right?"

Madam Hans was furious at Mango's continued accusations and she wanted to reply with a snarky remark, but Terrance intercepted her.

"Alright, I'll show you guys around!"

Everyone stood aside once Terrance made the call.

Madam Hans and Andrea sulked but they followed the party in as well.

Mango was shaking and her palms were sweaty from perspiration.

She hoped to find the car and her daughter here, but at the same time, she was scared that Rita was really here the whole time.

If this was really their doing, how could she face herself and her child after this? How could she look at the Hans family ever again? Nathaniel saw through her thoughts and he held her hand tightly while reassuring her, "Don't worry, I'm right here."

"That's right!"

They leaned on each other as they walked to the backyard of the Hans residence.

They came face to face with a familiar car.

Mango's expression soured.

"Mr. Hans, care to explain what this car is doing here?"

Terrance observed the vehicle's tires, and sure enough, they were coated with sand from the beach where Nathaniel's villa was situated. He felt as though the cat had got his tongue.

"Who the hell did this?"

Terrance was enraged now.

He had given the two women the benefit of doubt, but they still chose to lie to him!

Did they underestimate what Nathaniel and Mango might do?

Terrance was most upset with his mother, as Rita was Madam Hans's great-granddaughter whether she admitted it or not. How could she behave so cruelly towards the little girl?

Madam Hans had never seen Terrance in such a fit of rage before, and she was a little shocked. Andrea clung to the old lady tightly and she whimpered pitifully, "Please believe us, Uncle. It wasn't our doing! We did not even leave the house. You can ask the housekeeper! Who knows, maybe they planted this car here to frame us!"

"Fabrication of evidence? I had no idea that the Ye family was so sneaky to drive right past our guards into our backyard! Maybe all the Hans residence guards are deaf and dumb, hmm? That would explain how anyone can intrude on our grounds like this! By the way, whose car is this? If I recall correctly, this is the car that I allocated specially for mother and yourself. Yet here you are, claiming that the Ye family are so omnipotent that they can remotely control our vehicle to plant evidence right behind our house!"

Terrance was fuming now and he was burning up on the inside.

All this while, he had thought that it was okay to let his mother did as she pleased. But now it was clear that he had been taken for a ride!

Madam Hans and Andrea had no response to Terrance's allegations.

"How should we know what's going on here? We only know that it wasn't us who did it. I'm an old lady who was bedridden until only hours ago, so how could I be involved? In the meantime, Andrea was by my side the whole time, and it's not like she could have ordered any of the staff to do her bidding. All of our staff take orders from you and not Andrea, right?"

Madam Hans said as she glowered at Mango again.

Mango's heart was about to shatter.

The car was here. Did it mean that Rita was also nearby?

She knew that Madam Hans and Andrea would never admit to anything. But now that she'd seen the vehicle, Mango could not keep calm any longer.

"I don't care for your stupid excuses, so just hand over my daughter right now! As I said, we will leave immediately once we get our daughter back. We are even willing to pretend like all this never happened before. Do it before I call the police!"

Mango's face was pale now, and her body trembled uncontrollably.

Rita was her precious baby and she was worried sick about her.

Madam Hans seemed to be emboldened by Mango's threat of calling the cops on her.

"Go ahead, why don't you call the police then? I want to see just who will be arrested when they get here. You're the one who invaded our home with all your men in the middle of the night to threaten us on our doorstep! I want to ask the police myself, whether the Ye family owns the whole Ocean City!"

Madam Hans added insult to injury with complete disregard of the situation.

Mango was so angry that she felt compelled to dish out violence to the old hag, but she resisted the urge nonetheless.

Terrance rubbed his temples and he said wearily, "If it's you who did it, let the child go now. It's almost eight o'clock in the evening and the child needs to go home and rest."

Madam Hans flew into a rage upon hearing Terrance's accusations.

"So you think we did it? You b*stard! You lap up everything Mango said but deafen your ears to our side of the story! Am I your mother or is she?!"

Terrance found it hard to believe anything his mother said now.

He was disappointed with the both of them.

Madam Hans was aggravated by Terrance's seeming disbelief.

"You still don't believe me?"

Terrance did not reply but he gestured his men to search the vicinity. His actions spoke louder than his silence.