Nathaniel looked at Mango dotingly and affectionately.
"Alright, I agree with whatever you say."
He stroked Mango's hair out of habit.
As Mango looked at Nathaniel's gentle eyes, she felt that she was truly a fool for not noticing Pryce's gaze was weird compared to Nathaniel.
"I'm sorry as I guess don't love you as much as I imagined. I should have been able to tell that Pryce isn't you..."
Mango spoke in an extremely depressed manner.
However, Nathaniel said with a smile, "It doesn't matter and it's okay for you to be stupid once in a while as long as you don't stay foolish for the rest of your life."
"Hey you! Nathaniel!"
Mango growled immediately, but Nathaniel pulled her into his embrace in an instant as he chuckled softly, "Alright, I'm just joking and you've always been a smart girl, or else you wouldn't be able to get such a good husband like me, isn't it?"
"That sounds so insincere and it seems that you are just self-praising ultimately..."
Mango wanted to push him away but she couldn't, so she just stayed still.
Mango felt really secured as Nathaniel's embrace was warm and strong.
Nathaniel felt really contented too as he could hug Mango again.
He placed his chin on Mango's head and asked in a low voice, "How do you plan to look into Boston's case?"
"I don't know as I first went there as a shareholder of a tourist company and I just know that he's quite close with Edolie. Other than that, I have no idea what happened and I think that I have been too impatient while settling the issue there. It'd be great if I've done some investigations beforehand... However, Boston escaped to the country's border later on and Rainie went there with Denver as well. They didn't give me any updates for a really long time and now Denver's leg is broken while the Blu family was attacked all of a sudden. So, these two incidents must have something to do with Boston."
Mango slowly recounted what happened in the past and she felt that these incidents were related, although she couldn't find the connection between them.
Nathaniel hurriedly comforted Mango as he saw her frowning, "Leave this to me and don't worry about it. Let's go back to have a rest now as I haven't slept well these days too. Will you go back with me to take a nap?"
"You want to take a nap now? Are you not going to deal with your uncle?"
"It's okay as Newell and the others will deal with it... What were you busy with last night?"
"I found a doctor to operate on Denver. Noah was the one who introduced him and he said that his skills are really good although I have no idea who he is. I went home only after the operation is finished and Denver's legs are fine now, or else I'll never be able to face Rainie for the rest of my life."
Mango said in a low voice as she was in a rather bad mood.
However, Nathaniel held her hand tightly and said, "It will be fine and Rainie will forgive us by the time the truth is revealed."
"Pryce admitted himself that he brought his men to attack the Blu family and I told Zion to record it. We can send this recording to Rainie so that we can clear up our misunderstandings."
Mango was about to stand up as she spoke, but Nathaniel stopped her.
"No, that's not necessary as it's still the Ye family's doing even if I'm not the culprit. My uncle raised Pryce outside, but they are still the Ye family's members after all and this is an unchangeable fact. Also, it might not be helpful to tell Rainie now as she is really emotional and there will still be a barrier between the two of you, so you can only slowly fix your friendship in the future. You should be more understanding toward her as she just a girl, but her family faced such a dire situation all of a sudden. Moreover, the person who initiated this is her best friend's husband. Rainie has been through hardships and I heard that she had to carry Denver herself while getting attacked by others all over the place. They couldn't even have a good meal and she must probably have felt worse than she had experienced in the orphanage."
Nathaniel tried his best not to emphasize the seriousness of the issue as he spoke, but Mango became red-rimmed.
"I don't know... I really don't know that she has been through so much pain. Seriously, what's wrong with me? I've been busy all day but I don't even know what I'm doing and I wasn't even aware of what happened to my best friend. How can I still consider myself her best friend? Rainie would always prioritize and care for me whenever something happens to me, but I..."
"Don't say that as it's me who got you into trouble and it's the Ye family's fault. If it weren't for the stupid issues of our family, you'd be a happy woman and could spend more time with your best friend like Rainie. It's all of because of the family's affairs that you're so busy all the time...it's all my fault."
Nathaniel felt very guilty.
"That's not true, I'm the one to blame and it's my own fault... It has nothing to do with you."
Mango covered Nathaniel's mouth.
Nathaniel looked at her anxious expression and said with a smile, "You're always acting like this... You are always afraid that I will feel guilty and are always so kind to me, how would I ever have the heart to quarrel with you? I really love you to the core of my being... Anyway, you don't have to worry about Rainie as Thomas is around and he'll never betray nor leave me, but he just wants to take care of the siblings. My uncle's subordinates are really arrogant and they attacked the two of them continuously. Even you would be extremely worried about them if no one is by their side, let alone Thomas. So, just let Thomas stay with them and look after them as he will surely provide them with anything need. Also, don't worry as he'll let me know if they need anything else. As for your friendship with Rainie, you'll have to mend it
slowly and there's no need to rush it now."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Mango didn't argue any further as she knew that Nathaniel had everything arranged.
Nathaniel was right that Rainie was truly heartbroken this time and the Blu family's incident was also a big blow to her. She needed time to recover from the trauma and regain her composure before Mango could slowly mend their friendship.
Nevertheless, Mango felt really upset deep down at the thought of what her best friend had experienced.
She leaned into Nathaniel's arms and whispered, "Nathan, I'm tired... Let's go back and have a rest."
"All right."
Nathaniel lifted Mango up and cradled her.
Then, he walked out of the office and the employees outside didn't dare to lift their heads as they started busying themselves with work, although they still observed the couple from the corner of their eyes.
Mr. Ye was really close with his wife, man...
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