The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

"Charlotte!"

Mango couldn't help but shove the manager aside and she ran up the stairs frantically.

Meanwhile, Thomas followed closely behind her.

The manager wanted to stop them, but Nathaniel coldly said, "You'd better think of the consequences of going against the Ye Family."

These words made the manager freeze on the spot and he did not dare to move a single muscle.

Regardless of whether it was the Ye Family or the Song Family, he couldn't afford to offend either one of them. Hence, he could only watch as Nathaniel followed Mango up to the second floor. At that moment, Mango was extremely nervous for Charlotte.

She heard her best friend's screams get increasingly more intense as she ascended the stairs, and she was so anxious that her heart was pounding violently in her chest.

The Song family's bodyguards stopped Mango the moment they arrived on the second floor.

"Who are you? This area is off limits, get out of here!"

As soon as the bodyguard finished speaking, Thomas immediately threw a left hook and sent the bodyguard crashing to the ground.

Then, the other bodyguards quickly surrounded Thomas when they saw that.

However, Thomas was fuelled by pure rage as he struck out at them without a second thought.

After Thomas made his move, Mango immediately slipped past the guards. Then, the sight in front of her nearly drove her insane with anger.

In the spacious corridor, several men surrounded Charlotte, who was pinned to the ground by Walter. Her body was totally devoid of clothing, except for her underwear.

The expression on Walter's face was one of insanity and he ferociously bellowed at Charlotte, "I swear to God that I'll punish you today! You want to defy me, am I right? Well, let's see what you'll do once I ravage you in front of all these people!"

"Walter Song, I'll never f*cking forgive you if you do this! Not even when I'm dead!"

Charlotte wept as she shrieked and she tried to scratch Walter with her hands. Unfortunately, her limbs were held down by the men around her and she looked extremely vulnerable.

Hence, Mango's blood boiled with the white-hot fury.

"Walter Song, you'd better f*cking stop right now!"

Mango bellowed angrily, but Walter didn't have a shred of rationality left in him. He had never been treated this way by any woman in his entire life, and he forgot that the woman in front of him was Mango's best friend.

When the other men heard Mango's angry yelling, they turned and smiled after they saw how strikingly beautiful she was.

"Yoohoo! Here comes another beautiful girl, guess we're getting lucky today, boys!"

Two of the men let go of Charlotte as they spoke and they headed straight for Mango instead.

When Charlotte heard Mango's voice, she wept even harder.

"Stay away! Leave me! All of them are f*cking b*stards! Just go, Mango! Leave!"

Charlotte was worried that Mango would end up getting hurt.

She felt regret for her previous actions and she shouldn't have angered Walter despite knowing that she was just a regular girl. Alas, why did she lose control of her temper and end up fighting with this spoiled rich kid?

Now, she might end up implicating Mango in this mess as well.

Then, the thought of Nathaniel and Mango's relationship crossed her mind and she really hated herself for causing so many problems for Mango.

Then, Charlotte looked up at the ferocious man looking down on her for a moment before she viciously smashed her head into Walter's face. "You piece of sh*t!"

Charlotte put all of her strength into the headbutt, not even caring that she was almost naked. Hence, she caught Walter off guard and he stumbled back because nose flared up in pain.

"F*ck! You really have a death wish!"

As soon as Walter felt blood gush out from his nose, his anger rose sharply.

Meanwhile, Thomas was still tussling with the bodyguards as the two brutish men approached Mango. Moreover, Charlotte was still in danger and she unable to offer her help, so Mango quickly held up her arms as she planned to use her rudimentary self-defence skills to protect herself. However, she suddenly felt herself being pulled back by a pair of strong arms.

"As long as I'm here, you don't have to lift a finger."

There was a cold and murderous edge to Nathaniel's voice.

The two men didn't recognise Mango, but they definitely recognised Nathaniel. Hence, they cowered the moment they laid eyes on him.

"Mr. Ye?"

"You buffoons should learn your place. Unfortunately, you made the mistake of disrespecting my wife!"

As he spoke, Nathaniel attacked the two men immediately.

Obviously, the two rich playboys were no match for Nathaniel, and it only took one punch to subdue both of them.

"Quick, Nathan, save Charlotte!"

Anxiety riddled every inch of Mango's body.

Nathaniel looked over and saw that Walter had grabbed Charlotte by the hair and pinned her to the wall. By now, she barely clothed and the two men next to her immediately began sexually assaulting her. Right now, Charlotte was in a hopeless situation.

Although she never liked the children from rich families, she never thought that they would be so despicable. How could she protect herself in this situation?

In fact, Charlotte wanted to kill Walter, but unfortunately, a woman's strength was always lacking in comparison to a man. During their struggle, Walter pinned Charlotte to the floor and he was about to remove her underwear when Nathaniel immediately gave him a hard kick in the back.

Although Walter was blinded by his anger, he did not let his guard down.

Thus, he immediately threw Charlotte towards Nathaniel the moment he was about to be kicked, and he clearly used Charlotte as a human shield.

At that moment, Mango was devastated.

Charlotte was almost stripped naked in front of so many men, and Walter still had the audacity to do that to her. God, did she think too highly of Walter before this?

Then, Mango shrieked in anger at Walter.

"Walter Song, you f*cking piece of sh*t!"

Her loud voice made Walter pause and he seemed to regain some of his clarity, albeit his mind was still a little fuzzy.

"Mango?"

With a loud thud, Nathaniel punched Walter in the face before Walter could verify whether Mango was standing before him. After that, Nathaniel rained down a hail of punches on Walter mercilessly.

"Luckily for you, everyone's turned a blind eye to your previous shenanigans because you're the heir to the Song Family. But do you know who Charlotte is? She's Mango's best friend! Even so, you had the gal to hurt her? Walter, you're a scumbag!"

Nathaniel was also livid at Walter's actions.

He'd only heard of how reckless Walter was, but he'd never thought that the heir of the Song Family would actually force himself on someone.

After Walter flung Charlotte aside, she crashed right into Mango and both of them fell backwards in a heap.

Meanwhile, Thomas had just finished dealing with the bodyguards and he was stunned as soon as he laid eyes on Charlotte's pitiful state.

At the same time, Charlotte raised her head coincidentally and directly met his gaze.

"Don't... don't look at me!"

Charlotte had always been strong, but something inside of her snapped as Thomas witnessed her current state of undress.

That was it!

Thomas would never be together with her for the rest of her life!

Who would ever love a woman, whose body had been seen by other men?

Then, Charlotte burst into wailing sobs.

Right now, it was as if she'd fallen into a huge pit of despair.

On the other hand, Thomas was only stunned for a moment before he wordlessly took off his jacket. Then, he wrapped it around Charlotte's shoulders as soon as he heard her cries. "I... I'm sorry, I..."

"Shh, it's okay. Just stay here."

Thomas's voice and body were quivering from the amount of anger coursing through his veins.

He tried his best to keep his voice steady before he handed Charlotte over to Mango. After that, he made a mad dash towards Walter.

"You son of a b*tch!"

Thomas had rarely been so infuriated throughout his life. However, he acted like a lunatic when he saw that Walter had harmed the woman whom he loved.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel stopped and stepped aside quickly the moment Thomas rushed over.

Even though Walter was no match for Nathaniel, he could at least hold his own against Thomas.

Walter was enraged after being beaten down by Nathaniel, so he immediately lashed out at Thomas.

However, Thomas fought without a care for his life.

Despite the gap between their skills, Thomas did not care if he was injured and his frantic attacks quickly subdued Walter.

Alas, Nathaniel had to stop Thomas as he was about to kill Walter.

"Thomas, he's still the heir of the Song Family!"

Then, Thomas's fist stopped a hair's breadth away from Walter's face.

It took every shred of his willpower to stop himself from punching the playboy in the face.

"If you really have the balls to kill me, then do it! I'm warning you, Thomas Song, you'd do well not to cross me! Furthermore, she's just a random woman. What now? Are you going to fight me over a woman like her?"

"You piece of sh*t! She's my fiance! Walter, do you really think that your family's money and power can protect you from me? Go home and ask your father who I am! If I wanted to kill you, I would've done it within a heartbeat!"

Thomas's eyes were filled with fury, and he looked as if blinding rage had taken over his consciousness.

Meanwhile, Charlotte burst into tears again from the shock of hearing Thomas declare that she was his fiance.

She and Thomas had unexpressed feelings for one another, but Thomas actually called her his fiance during the most embarrassing moment of her life!

If this had happened earlier, Charlotte would be extremely touched, but how could she face Thomas now?

Although Walter didn't rape her in the end, how could she ever show her face in Ocean City again after so many men had seen her almost naked?

On the other hand, Mango couldn't help but feel sorry for Charlotte when she saw Charlotte sobbing.

"Don't cry, it's all right. I'm sorry I was late."

"No, it's not your fault."

Then, Charlotte tugged on Thomas's jacket around her shoulders and fell in a teary heap into Mango's arms.

Meanwhile, Walter was shocked by Thomas's confession.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean exactly what I said. Walter, I'll never forgive you if you don't apologize to my fiancee for what you did today!"

After that, Thomas flung Walter onto the ground and immediately went to Mango.

He didn't say a word, nor did he allow Charlotte to refuse when he carried her in his arms. Despite Charlotte's struggles, he did not let her go and he muttered instead, "I'll take you home."

His words made Charlotte cry once more.

Truth be told, Mango was still quite worried and she wanted to follow them, but she was stopped by Nathaniel.