Nathaniel was suddenly mesmerized by Mango's smile.
Not only was she not angry, but she was smiling at him instead?
Nathaniel felt like a feather right at this moment. His whole body and mind were floating in the air.
Mango then took the chance to pinch Nathaniel to make him come back to his senses.
"Ouch!"
Nathaniel groaned and made a weird face, but he didn't make any other response.
Edolie could only look at them flirting with each other in front of her. Her chest was heaving with anger. However, she tried to suppress her anger and said with a smile, "Mr. and Mrs. Ye, let's go in. They have been waiting for some time now."
When she was addressing her as 'Mrs. Ye', Mango could hear the sound of her teeth gnashing.
But the more Edolie acted this way, the happier Mango was feeling.
Nathaniel finally understood why Mango was acting so strangely. However, all he cared about was Mango. Everything was fine as long as
Mango was in a good mood.
"Come on, let's go in and have a look. Let’s just take it as a trip and enjoy some of their specialties. You love the fruits and food here, right? Should we go in and try?"
Mango nodded her head in agreement.
Nathaniel didn't glance at Edolie. He just directly walked past her and went in with Mango.
Walking behind them, Edolie's death stare looked as if she wanted to rip Mango apart.
"Mr. Ye, the private room is this way."
In the end, Edolie managed to suppress her anger and led them into the private room with the word sky written on the door.
Mango was impressed when she saw a new side of Edolie.
For her to be able to resist her anger, it seemed like all these years of experience meant something to Edolie after all.
As Nathaniel and Mango entered the room, a few men stood up at the same time.
"Mr. Ye! It's such a great honour to finally meet you. Come on in!”
One of them even tried to grab Nathaniel's hand, but Nathaniel reluctantly avoided him.
"Sorry."
Nathaniel gave a faint smile, but everyone was quick to notice the wariness in his smile.
The others felt a little awkward but they quickly turned their attention to Mango who was by Nathaniel's side.
Mango looked very beautiful. They were all staring at her until they were interrupted by Edolie's cough. Only then did they look away.
"Mr. Ye, is this your secretary? She is extremely beautiful."
However, Nathaniel replied with a smile, "This is my wife."
This sentence suddenly stunned everyone, and they all turned to look at Edolie at the same time.
Edolie suddenly felt a little awkward.
She didn't actually expect Nathaniel to bring Mango along.
When she paid the waiter to put her phone number in Nathaniel's phone, she had assumed that Mango would definitely be jealous and angry when she noticed it. It would then lead to a quarrel and naturally, Nathaniel would come by himself.
She had already told everyone that she was Nathaniel's girlfriend. Now that Nathaniel said that Mango was his wife, she felt that her plan was going to sh*t.
Under the probing gazes of everyone, Edolie smiled awkwardly and said, "That's right, this is Mr. Ye's wife, Mango or Miss Shen. However, Miss Shen's throat is not in a good condition so she can't speak. It's best if everyone pays it no mind."
As soon as she finished her sentence, their impression of Mango changed. The way they looked at Mango wasn’t the same as before.
Some even looked at Mango with pity. It wouldn't be a wonder if Nathaniel was caught being with another woman. It turned out that his wife was a mute!
Mango's expression was unsightly.
She knew that Edolie wouldn't let her go so easily, but she didn’t expect that she would make such a statement. Furthermore, she couldn’t refute it.
Nathaniel's expression turned serious immediately.
He looked at Edolie and said coldly, "If this is the reason why you asked us to come, then you have achieved your goal. There’s no need for me and Mango to be here. But Edolie, I hope you know what the consequences are after angering me."
His threatening words made Edolie tremble involuntarily.
How could she possibly forget how frightening Nathaniel was?
Nathaniel wasn't speaking in such a soft voice the time she was sent away. It was also because of this hatred she had for him that made her want him even more.
Edolie quickly slapped herself jokingly and said, "It's my fault. I have a big mouth. But you see, we're all on the same page here. I just wanted to let everyone know about my beloved sister to avoid her making a fool of herself, right?"
"Mango is an only child. Don't just casually address her as that. You think too highly of yourself."
Before Mango could say anything, Nathaniel had already jumped to her defense, and the words he said almost made Eddie's blood boil.
The others seemed rather confused during their conversation. They all assumed that Edolie was in the wrong here.
One of them, namely Mr. Huang, started to speak.
"Mr. Ye, we have been wanting to ask you... your trip to Nakasara this time, is it because you're interested in our development? Are you interested to invest in the businesses here?"
Nathaniel turned a blind eye to Edolie as soon as someone else had spoken.
He pulled out a chair and asked Mango to sit down before taking the seat next to her. Finally, he said indifferently, "I'm not the one who is particularly interested in the investment here. However, my wife is, so I came over to take a look."
"Oh? Really? What project would Mrs. Ye be interested in? We all work for the government. As long as Mrs. Ye makes an investment, we will definitely support you."
Mr. Huang was overjoyed and quickly explained the investment options.
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