However, Nathaniel bumped into Rainie at the door.
"What's wrong with Mango?”
Nathaniel said coldly, "She has a fever”
"A fever? D*mn it, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have gone out with her yesterday, let alone bring her to a bar to sing."
Rainie's words made Nathaniel stop abruptly.
"What did you say? Mango was with you at the bar?"
Nathaniel's expression was scary enough to make Rainie jump in fright. She blurted out, "That's... that's right, we sang together in the beginning. But, after that, Mango said that she felt a little uncomfortable and went to the bathroom by herself."
"What time was that?”
Rainie felt a little helpless when she heard Nathaniel asking such detailed questions.
"Huh? How would I know? But when we came up to the stage, I took a glance at my cell phone and saw that it was past two am. About 2.05 pm?
Hearing Rainie's words, Nathaniel looked even
upset.
2.05 pm?
He and Chloe had come into the bar at ten past two. Did Mango see them?
So, Mango became upset at him because of this?
"D*mn it!" He thought.
Right now, he really wanted to drag Chloe out of the sea and torture her all over again!
Rainie apologized profusely when she could sense that Nathaniel was furious again. She thought that she had caused Mango to fall ill, "I'm sorry, I promise I won't do it again."
"It has nothing to do with you. Anyway, let's go to the hospital together so that you can take care of her."
"What?"
Rainie thought that she had heard wrongly.
Why would he let her take care of Mango?
Back then, Nathaniel would take care of her personally.
Suddenly, Mango's words about Nathaniel having another affair immediately crossed her mind.
Rainie's eyes narrowed in an instant.
"Nathaniel, are you seeing someone else other than Mango?"
"No, I'm not."
Nathaniel replied very firmly. He then walked away without paying attention to Rainie.
Rainie was slightly stunned.
Nathaniel was not a liar. Furthermore, she could tell that he wouldn't cheat on Mango because he cared too much about her!
Rainie did not understand the whole situation, but she followed him as she was concerned about Mango.
Nathaniel carried Mango to Eugene's house.
"Where is Emberly?"
Eugene was understandably flustered. After all, the first thing Nathaniel did after entering his house was to look for his wife!
"Excuse me, why are you looking for my wife? Am I invisible to you?"
"Look, stop spouting nonsense! My wife has a fever, so I wanted to get Emberly to take a look at her."
Nathaniel placed Mango gently onto the sofa.
By this time, Mango had already passed out again from the fever.
Eugene sighed and said, "It's true that my wife is a renowned international surgeon, but she specializes in surgical procedures. Besides, she
just came back from an operation, and she's sleeping. It's just a fever, so can't you send her to the hospital?"
"There are too many bacteria in the hospital. My wife is pregnant, and she's too precious, so I don’t want to risk anything."
"Heh. So your wife is precious, but my wife should work tirelessly for you?"
Eugene did not like what he heard at all.
Nathaniel did not bicker with him, but he asked directly, "Can she help me or not?"
"No. My wife just did an operation for your brother-in-law last night. It was almost midnight when she came back. She was called for another emergency operation at five o'clock this morning, and she already did three consecutive operations in a day! Now she finally came back and barely laid down, so you want me to wake her up again? Nathaniel, can't you have some compassion? All she has is a fever, and she's probably down with a fever, so she doesn’t need a surgeon for that. You can go to the hospital, or how about I call my family doctor for you?"
Eugene had intended to make the phone call in the midst of their conversation. Then, he heard a sound in the room upstairs. Suddenly, Emberly walked out of the room while rustling her hair slightly.
"What’s going on?"
"Nothing. Go back to sleep."
Eugene replied to her immediately.
Emberly's eyes shifted towards the silhouette of Mango.
"What's wrong with Mango?"
While speaking, she got up and walked down the stairs.
Eugene's face darkened.
"Go back to sleep. Don't worry, well be fine. I'll call the family doctor, and they'll arrive soon."
"What's the point of doing that? By the time he arrives, Mango's fever would have gotten worse. It may also affect the fetus. Go fetch my medical kit in the guest room."
Emberly walked to Mango's side and touched her forehead with both hands. Then, she frowned when she felt how warm Mango was.
"Why is she burning up?"
Nathaniel pursed his lips and did not speak, but Emberly caught the guilt in his eyes.
"Did you bully her?"
"It's all a misunderstanding, but I can't explain it."
Nathaniel's words made Eugene feel upset.
"It's my first time seeing you two quarrel like this.”
"We didn't quarrel nor bicker, and she never interrogated me either."
Nathaniel looked even worse than before.
Emberly sighed slightly and said, "Mango is a person who hides everything in her heart. A woman like this will always receive the short end of the stick. You know how she is, so you should avoid hurting her again in the future."
"You’re right."
Nathaniel was not a person who listened to other people. Yet, Emberly’s words seemed to have struck a chord, and he had taken her advice to heart too.
Eugene grew angry when he saw that.
"No, you guys..."
"Hey! I told you to go get my first aid kit, so why do you have so much to say?"
Emberly turned around and stared at Eugene. He felt a tinge of dismay staring into her beautiful eyes.
"Emberly, I’m your husband, not your maid."
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