The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 767

Mango and Nathaniel's eyes met as they listened to Sophia.

If Novalee wanted to harm Sophia, she wouldn't have taken Sophia away with her. Her actions proved that she did love Walter. She might've known what was about to happen and was secretly protecting Sophia for Walter's sake.

Mango said in a hushed tone as she thought about it, "Let's not talk about this right now. We should wait and see what's her condition before determining the next move."

"Seems like it's the only thing we could do."

Sophia nodded.

When Nathaniel saw this, he said, "I will go with Iona now to find her mother and Cyrus, and I will call for extra help to come here just in case something happens. If you need anything, then let me know."

Nathaniel's worried expression made Mango smiled and said, "I understand. Don't worry about me. I'm fine. I'll probably go see Walter later."

"Alright, take good care of yourself. I'll head out now."

Nathaniel then said his goodbyes to Sophia before leaving with Iona.

Sophia couldn't help but sighed as she watched Iona left, "Children from divorced families are the most pitiful. The ones like Iona are even more pathetic. She has no parents, so I wonder how her life would turn out to be in the future."

"She only said that her father died, she didn't say that her mother was dead, right?"

Mango's words made Sophia gave some thought to it.

"She didn't said that?"

"No, she never once mention her mother."

Sophia frowned and said, "Forget it. There's no use for us to know whether her mother is alive or not. To be frank, this child reminds me of my childhood."

"Uh? Your childhood?"

"Yes. My parents had a divorce as well at that time. My father insisted on keeping my sister but not me. I don't understand why he doesn't like me. It seemed that ever since I was born, he never loved me. Whenever my father would get mad at me, my mother would hold me tightly in her arms to comfort me. Meanwhile, my father liked my sister a lot. Even though mother loved my sister as well but she favors me over her. I guess it was because she wanted to make up to me since my father mistreated me. I always thought that my sister and I were unhappy. When my parents had their divorce, I was eight, and my sister was twelve. She had left home to pursue her studies. I didn't have the chance to see her when I left, and my father did not allow us to meet each other. Who would've thought years had gone by now.

Mango listened quietly as Sophia brought up her sad past life.

She had never thought that her mother, Queena, would have such bad childhood.

"When grandfather passed away, didn't they ask you to come home?"

Sophia shook her head.

"No, I don't even know when my father passed away. It was my sister who informed me. But my uncles would not allow me and my mother to enter the Xiao family, and my mother only complies. She never told me why he hated me till her very last breath. She only told me not to disturb my sister's life, nor to find my father, unless I can't live any longer on my own, then I can go to my sister."

Sophia looked at Mango with a bitter smile and asked, "Do you think I'm miserable?" "How could this be? Why would grandma make such an absurd request?" "I don't know, and I didn't have the time to know. When my mother passed away, Carter was by my side, comforting me and helping me. After my mother got divorced, she didn't take any money from the Xiao family with her. To raise me, she worked at different places with different jobs, to finally work as a maid in the Song family to pay for my school fees. Who knew the once high and mighty Mrs. Xiao would become a servant to others? But my mother wouldn't allow me to say that I was the child of the Xiao family, let alone tell others that I was related to the Xiao family. After so many years of working hard, her body couldn't take it anymore. I didn't have the money to treat my mother. It was Carter who paid the fees and helped me deal with her funeral. After my mother passed away, he married me regardless of his family's objection. I thought my happy life would begin from then on and thought that God had finally decided to show mercy on me. But what I hadn't expected was that after Walter was born, Carter had an affair behind my back."

The bitter smile never seemed to left Sophia's face.

She felt the heart-wrenching pain whenever she thought of it, but it didn't hurt as much as before.

Mango knew what it felt like to turned someone into your everything then found out they had betrayed you. That alone was enough to break someone down into pieces. She knew because five years ago, she felt the same way when she had mistaken Nathaniel for having an affair.

She held Sophia's hands tightly and said distressedly, "Auntie, it's all in the past now."