The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 462

Mango couldn't bear to blame Terrance after seeing his reaction, so she just muttered, "I believe that this doesn't have anything to do with the Hans family. No matter how you look at it, their family would never hurt me. Even if Madam Hans hates me, she would never want me dead, so there's something suspicious going on here. I was kidnapped near the Celestial Clubhouse but dumped at one of the Hans family's clubs. Honestly, I can't think of a connection between them right now, but what I can say is not to blame yourself for this. I'm not strong enough to think straight, so wait until I get better. By then, I'll look into this together with you."

In truth, Terrance felt a little uncomfortable when he heard Mango's words.

"The Hans family have wronged you terribly. I wasn't brave enough to stop my mother from hurting you, nor was I capable enough to stop Andrea from escaping. Plus, you shouldn't worry too much when you're hospitalized. I sent some men to look into Rita's whereabouts, so if there's any news, I will..."

"Rita's fine, she's home already."

Truth be told, Mango didn't expect Terrance to

be worried about Rita.

When she first found out that Nathaniel had used Rita to set a trap, Mango was sad but now she wasn't in the mood to dig up the past.

Terrance was rather surprised by Mango's revelation, but he quickly connected the dots in his head.

"Was it all a trap? Did Nathaniel set it up?"

"Yes, I'm sorry that everyone was worried about it."

When it came to this issue, she felt that Nathaniel might've gone overboard with it. Hence, she owed the Hans family an apology.

It made sense!

If Rita was still kidnapped, why would Nathaniel leave Ocean City in the first place?

If it weren't for Rita being kidnapped, would Mango even go to the Hans family to demand information on her daughter? If that didn't happen, then Andrea wouldn't be exposed, and Madam Hans would have died without knowing why her body had wasted away.

So, could Nathaniel really be blamed?

Truth be told, Terrance couldn't blame him at all.

"Did Nathaniel leave Ocean City because of this?"

"I don't know."

Mango truly had no idea, nor did she understand it at all. What was so important that Nathaniel had to drop everything and leave Ocean City?

Meanwhile, Rainie was completely confused about what was going on. Thus, she couldn't help but ask, "What are you talking about? Why don't I understand anything?"

"I think it's better if you didn't understand it at all."

In all honesty, Mango preferred Rainie to be this way.

Simple, steadfast, and always willing to help her friend. The less she knew, the safer Rainie would be.

On the other hand, Rainie was rather dissatisfied as she felt like a fool.

Then, Terrance asked softly, "I don't get it. How did Nathaniel manage to work together with the Hans family to pull off this ruse?"

"I heard that it was because of one of the drivers in your employ. Someone in his family had fallen sick, and he needed the money. So, Nathaniel managed to exploit this weakness. Ultimately, what he did was wrong, and I'm very sorry on his behalf."

Mango's formality made Terrance rather uncomfortable.

He was supposed to be her closest relative, and yet he was even more of a stranger than Walter was.

Sadness tinged Terrance's tone as he said, "The Hans family owes you a lot. Nevertheless, you'll always be a part of the family."

"Enough, Mr. Hans. How long are you going to repeat that for?"

Mango hadn't said a word, but Rainie couldn't take it anymore.

"Your so-called kinship is so one-sided. When have you ever saw things from Mango's perspective? Do you feel sorry for yourself? Do you think that helping Mango, trusting her, and fighting for her is all that you need to do?"

Rainie's words alerted Mango to what she was about to say next, so Mango quickly tugged on her sleeve.

However, Rainie acted like she didn't notice that at all before continuing, "Do you think what you did is enough? If you treated Mango like your family, then would you just go along with your mother when she fussed over accepting Andrea into your family? You've always tolerated your mother from the start. Despite all the nice things you've said about Mango, the person you cared about the most was your mother! If you'd persisted in disallowing your mother to adopt Andrea in the first placement, would any of this have happened? If you'd backed Mango up when Andrea started her shenanigans against your mother, would this have happened? Except for yelling at your mother when she hurt Mango, what else have you done? So, stop saying that she was heartless towards the Hans family because you've never considered Mango as your family in the first place!"

"Rainie!"

Mango felt as if Rainie was the only one in the entire world gutsy enough to speak to Terrance like this.

Besides, what was the point of talking about this now?

However, Rainie was telling the truth.

On the other hand, Terrance was completely stunned.

He had never thought that what he did what so cold and unfeeling to the eyes of outsiders.

On the contrary, Terrance always felt like he'd done a lot for Mango. He'd even gone against his own mother for her, but he realized that whatever Rainie said was right.

He hadn't done his best to protect Mango at all since the start.

Although he knew that Mango had been hurt repeatedly, his mother still occupied the most important place in his heart.

Rainie was right, if he'd persisted against his mother in interacting with Andrea, perhaps none of this would have happened.

So, Queena had also left because she was too sad and disappointed?

Suddenly, Terrance felt absolutely useless.

How could he ask Mango to acknowledge the Hans family when they were like this? How could he ask her to forgive them?