The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 423

Andrea's reaction was completely involuntary.

Terrance's eyes seemed to search her soul with murderous intent, as though he wanted to rip her to shreds there and then.

Andrea shook her head quickly.

"It wasn't me, uncle! I swear it wasn't!"

Mango had lost her patience and she barked, "Let's not waste any more time, or are you stalling so your men can drive the car out of the compound? It shouldn't be this difficult if you profess your innocence, right?"

Madam Hans was furious at Mango's continued accusations and she wanted to reply with a snarky remark, but Terrance intercepted her.

"Alright, I'll show you guys around!"

Everyone stood aside once Terrance made the call.

Madam Hans and Andrea sulked but they followed the party in as well.

Mango was shaking and her palms were sweaty from perspiration.

She hoped to find the car and her daughter here, but at the same time, she was scared that Rita was really here the whole time.

If this was really their doing, how could she face herself and her child after this? How could she look at the Hans family ever again? Nathaniel saw through her thoughts and he held her hand tightly while reassuring her, "Don't worry, I'm right here."

"That's right!"

They leaned on each other as they walked to the backyard of the Hans residence.

They came face to face with a familiar car.

Mango's expression soured.

"Mr. Hans, care to explain what this car is doing here?"

Terrance observed the vehicle's tires, and sure enough, they were coated with sand from the beach where Nathaniel's villa was situated. He felt as though the cat had got his tongue.

"Who the hell did this?"

Terrance was enraged now.

He had given the two women the benefit of doubt, but they still chose to lie to him!

Did they underestimate what Nathaniel and Mango might do?

Terrance was most upset with his mother, as Rita was Madam Hans's great-granddaughter whether she admitted it or not. How could she behave so cruelly towards the little girl?

Madam Hans had never seen Terrance in such a fit of rage before, and she was a little shocked. Andrea clung to the old lady tightly and she whimpered pitifully, "Please believe us, Uncle. It wasn't our doing! We did not even leave the house. You can ask the housekeeper! Who knows, maybe they planted this car here to frame us!"

"Fabrication of evidence? I had no idea that the Ye family was so sneaky to drive right past our guards into our backyard! Maybe all the Hans residence guards are deaf and dumb, hmm? That would explain how anyone can intrude on our grounds like this! By the way, whose car is this? If I

recall correctly, this is the car that I allocated specially for mother and yourself. Yet here you are, claiming that the Ye family are so omnipotent that they can remotely control our vehicle to plant evidence right behind our house!"

Terrance was fuming now and he was burning up on the inside.

All this while, he had thought that it was okay to let his mother did as she pleased. But now it was clear that he had been taken for a ride!

Madam Hans and Andrea had no response to Terrance's allegations.

"How should we know what's going on here? We only know that it wasn't us who did it. I'm an old lady who was bedridden until only hours ago, so how could I be involved? In the meantime, Andrea was by my side the whole time, and it's not like she could have ordered any of the staff to do her bidding. All of our staff take orders from you and not Andrea, right?"

Madam Hans said as she glowered at Mango again.

Mango's heart was about to shatter.

The car was here. Did it mean that Rita was also nearby?

She knew that Madam Hans and Andrea would never admit to anything. But now that she'd seen the vehicle, Mango could not keep calm any longer.

"I don't care for your stupid excuses, so just hand over my daughter right now! As I said, we will leave immediately once we get our daughter back. We are even willing to pretend like all this never happened before. Do it before I call the police!"

Mango's face was pale now, and her body trembled uncontrollably.

Rita was her precious baby and she was worried sick about her.

Madam Hans seemed to be emboldened by Mango's threat of calling the cops on her.

"Go ahead, why don't you call the police then? I want to see just who will be arrested when they get here. You're the one who invaded our home with all your men in the middle of the night to threaten us on our doorstep! I want to ask the police myself, whether the Ye family owns the whole Ocean City!"

Madam Hans added insult to injury with complete disregard of the situation.

Mango was so angry that she felt compelled to dish out violence to the old hag, but she resisted the urge nonetheless.

Terrance rubbed his temples and he said wearily, "If it's you who did it, let the child go now. It's almost eight o'clock in the evening and the child needs to go home and rest."

Madam Hans flew into a rage upon hearing Terrance's accusations.

"So you think we did it? You b*stard! You lap up everything Mango said but deafen your ears to our side of the story! Am I your mother or is she?!"

Terrance found it hard to believe anything his mother said now.

He was disappointed with the both of them.

Madam Hans was aggravated by Terrance's seeming disbelief.

"You still don't believe me?"

Terrance did not reply but he gestured his men to search the vicinity. His actions spoke louder than his silence.

Madam Hans almost collapsed from her rage, but Andrea steadied her in time.

"Don't strain yourself, Grandma. Uncle is only doing what he has to in the face of these lunatics. Plus, the Ye family isn't going to leave until we comply."

Andrea spoke softly but Madam Hans heard every word.

"Mango you wretched b*tch! I hope you find what you're looking for, otherwise, this won't be the end of it!"

Madam Hans eyed her as though Mango was her nemesis.

Mango did not say anything, though she had anticipated all this.

There was no point in trading insults and all she wanted now was Rita.

Time trickled as the joint task force of men from both families searched the grounds and indoors. They even searched the basement, but Rita was nowhere to be found.

Everyone looked aggravated, especially Madam Hans.

She glanced at Mango coldly before asking, "Well, what do you have to say now?"

Mango was even more worried now.

Where could Rita be, if not here?

She suddenly remembered that Andrea might be in contact with Susie, and Mango cast her attention on Andrea at once.

"Just where the hell did you send Rita?"

"I don't know what you're saying. If you insist on barking up the wrong tree then I'll be forced to forgo our sisterhood."

"Cut the cr*p and tell me where Rita is! You sent her to Susie, didn't you?"

Mango had reached the end of her patience, and she grabbed Andrea by her collar viciously.

"What are you doing, Mango? Let go of Andrea!"

Madam Hans tried to help Andrea but was she blocked from doing so by Terrance.

"What do you think you're doing? Don't you see how Mango is abusing Andrea? How could you, as their uncle, stand idly while they fight?"

Madam Hans was furious.

Terrance had his mother in an armlock and she struggled in vain against him.

Andrea sputtered as she fought against Mango.

"What Susie? I don't even know who is that!"

"You don't know any Susie, eh? Then, why are you helping her? For my mother's sake, Andrea, I forgave you time after time, but did you think that I had no clue what you were up to? Dare you say you don't know how my photos were leaked? How about we take a look at your computer and let's face up to the media? Where did you get those photos, hmm?" Property © 2024 N0(v)elDrama.Org.

Mango was losing control of her temper again.

"If you hate me and you want to come after me, then so be it. But Rita is just an innocent child, how could you do this to her! In other words, she's your niece, how could you be this cold-blooded?"

Mango's grip tightened.

Andrea's eyes flickered away and she dared not look directly at Mango.

So that woman was called Susie?

How did Mango know about them?

She even knew how her photos were leaked.

Was it the result of Mango's investigations, or did the Ye family help her?

Andrea was unsettled now.

Andrea stole a glance at Nathaniel, but she could not decipher his dark look. It was like staring into an abyss where no light shone back.

Andrea struggled fiercely.

"I have no idea what you're blabbering about. What else can you do apart from defaming me now? Grandma, Uncle, help! She's going to kill me!"

Andrea cried pitifully.

Madam Hans somehow broke free from Terrance and she ran over to Andrea.

"Let go of Andrea, you shameless woman! Let go!"

Terrance was afraid that Madam Hans might hurt Mango and he attempted to break them apart, but Nathaniel got there first. He then separated Mango from Andrea.

"Calm down, Mango, it's not worth it to get over this woman. We need to stay cool until Rita is found."

Nathaniel said softly but loud enough for Mango to hear.

Mango thought of Rita, and how helpless the little girl must be now without her mother.

She clenched her trembling fists.

"They have Rita, it has to be them! We've found the car, but where is my daughter?"

Mango broke down into tears.

If it was Zion who had been taken, she might still believe that he could escape somehow, but Rita was only an innocent little girl. Rita had only started learning about the world, and now this unfortunate incident had befallen her.

Why was Rita so ill-fated? Who knew if she was crying herself hoarse somewhere out there?