The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

"Ah!"

Mango cried out in alarm. Alas, Nathaniel had covered her mouth before she could say anything else. Then, he quickly pulled up her clothes and wrapped them tightly around her as he looked around for cameras. He was afraid that his wife's body would be exposed.

This series of actions happened so quick that Mango was completely stunned and she lost bearing of the current situation.

It wasn't until Nathaniel pulled her up that she realised the furious blush that covered her cheeks.

"I won't ever go out with you again, you're a bad influence."

Then, Mango ran to the changing room to change out of her clothes after she locked Nathaniel outside.

Desire rippled through Nathaniel's body as he held on to Mango earlier, and the feeling of being robbed of his satisfaction rendered him speechless. However, his gaze dimmed when he recalled Mango's current well-being.

D*mn it!

He would just have to deal with it.

In fact, he didn't dare to be too rough with Mango right now, so perhaps they could intimate in a few more days. If it weren't for his concern for her wellbeing, he wouldn't have passed up such a wonderful opportunity.

Then, Nathaniel let out a sigh when he thought of this. He looked around, only to find that his clothes had been taken by Mango, which rendered him speechless. "Mango!"

"Don't talk to me, I don't want to hear your voice or see you. Please shut up for three minutes."

Mango felt incredibly ashamed when she thought of what had happened earlier.

Although it was an accident, she was still quite affected by it.

Then, she looked at her raging blush in the mirror. She looked beautiful and seductive, so why did Nathaniel suddenly stop?

The hospital had already given them the all-clear to be intimate with each other, so why did he wrap her up with her own clothes?

A sudden wave of shyness washed over Mango when she realised what she was troubled about.

What did she expect?

Did she expect Nathaniel to have his way with her right here?

Was she waiting for him to make a move?

Thus, Mango felt confused by her suggestive thoughts.

Had she always been this hypocritical?

Meanwhile, Nathaniel had no idea what Mango was thinking about, but he decided to keep silent since it was his wife's wishes. Perhaps it was better to give her some time. For a moment, neither of them made a sound.

Then, Nathaniel glanced at his phone and saw that there were several missed calls, almost all of which were from Terrance.

Nathaniel obviously knew why Terrance was calling him, but he didn't really feel like caring about it at all.

The family event had been ruined by Madam Hans's actions, and Nathaniel would never let Mango suffer because of that. Wasn't it all just about her identity?

If the Hans Family didn't appreciate Mango, then he would come up with his own plan.

As Nathaniel thought of this, he immediately picked up his phone and called Carlson Mo in

Santell Capital.

"So now you remember to call me? You didn't come with Terrance the last time he was here because you had some family issues to settle. Have you handled it by now?"

Carlson was a very busy man, so he seldom had the chance to meet up with Nathaniel despite that they were war comrades.

However, Nathaniel didn't have much time to chat and he got straight to the point, "Open a file for me in Terrance's identity application. I'll handle my wife's identity from now on." "Hm? Your wife is that lady from the Hans Family?"

Carlson had heard about this from Terrance, so he asked once more to reconfirm.

On the other hand, Nathaniel also decided to tell him the truth and he nodded before saying, "Yes. Right now, Madam Hans has gone a bit senile, so I should just handle my wife's identity right now instead of waiting for the Hans Family."

"That's very romantic and all, but when's the wedding? I heard that you wanted to have another one. Since I couldn't join the last one as I was occupied with a mission, what about this one?" Carlson's words put Nathaniel in a good mood.

"Of course you can come. You can even make travel arrangements now, but about her identity..."

"I'll send a fax over to you and give the relevant authorities in Ocean City a call. After that, you can just head over to their office."

"Okay, thank you!"

By the time Nathaniel hung up, Mango had already left the changing room. She looked quizzically at the phone in Nathaniel's hand and asked. "Who did you call?"

"One of my friends from my military days. Wait a moment for me, we'll head down to the police station to get your identity sorted after I get changed."

Mango was taken aback at Nathaniel's words.

"Can we really do that?"

"Terrance has already completed nearly all of the procedures required, except for the last step. The only thing I need is for the authorities over at Santell Capital to fax over a copy of your identity application. Don't worry, everything will be okay."

Then, Nathaniel gave Mango a small smile.

Tears immediately filled Mango's eyes.

As expected, Nathaniel was the only person that she could depend on.

She had originally wanted the Hans Family to handle her identity application because she wanted to legally join their family. However, Andrea's presence had screwed that up and Mango was repulsed by how much Madam Hans cared for Andrea.

The fact that Madam Hans had used Mango's identity issues and force her to accept Andrea was unacceptable.

Although Madam Hans didn't know the truth behind everything, her ignorant manner of defending an outsider saddened Mango greatly.

In fact, Mango had only claimed that Nathaniel could give her an identity out of spite and she never expected that he would actually do it. "Thank you, Nathaniel."

Mango suddenly threw herself at Nathaniel and hugged him tightly.

The desire which Nathaniel had worked so hard to suppress suddenly reared its head once more.

"If you don't let go, I can't promise that we'll be able to leave anytime soon."

His voice was husky, and he was obviously trying to control himself.

Meanwhile, Mango paused for a moment before she realised what he was implying. Then, she immediately let go of him and kept her hands to herself.

Conversely, Nathaniel burst into laughter.

"Why are you acting like a little girl?"

"What would I be if not a girl? A man? Huh, I didn't know that you had that sort of preference."

At least Mango could come up with a retort to what Nathaniel had said.

However, Nathaniel didn't really mind as he knew Mango was just teasing him. He just smiled as he walked past her and said, "Well, gender doesn't matter as long as it's you." "Gosh, you're shameless!"

Mango felt a violent blush erupt on her face after Nathaniel walked into the changing room.

Nevertheless, she felt a warm feeling bloom in her chest as she watched his retreating figure.

As Mango waited, she checked her phone to find a deluge of missed calls. They were from the Hans Family, Terrance and also Queena.

However, Mango only glanced briefly at them before she ignored the calls in favour of scrolling through the news.

Soon after, Nathaniel left the changing room.

"Let's go!"

He wrapped his arm around Mango's shoulder.

They had the perfect height difference, and Mango was the perfect height for Nathaniel as she just reached his shoulders. Hence, they fit together perfectly whenever he pulled her close.

On the other hand, Mango felt like a child whenever he did this to her. She struggled in vain to break free, but she just went along with whatever Nathaniel wanted in the end.

When both of them left the private workout studio, the staff looked embarrassed to see them.

At first, Mango found it a little strange until she remembered the staff that knocked on the door earlier. Thus, she immediately blushed furiously and she even wanted to hide in shame. That was so embarrassing!

Then, she pinched Nathaniel without even thinking about it.

Nathaniel snorted in reply before he seemed to realise the expressions of the staff. After that, he just let out a chuckle without saying anything else.

Just like that, both of them walked out of the gym.

After they left, Mango let out a sigh of relief and said, "I'm never coming back here again."

"It's fine, they won't remember you."

Alas, Nathaniel's words only served to annoy Mango further.

"Yeah, but they'll remember you."

Nathaniel smiled once more at that, and Mango felt like slapping the grin off his face.

"Stop laughing!"

"Okay, no laughing!"

Although he said that, Mango was frustrated when the corners of his mouth were still quirked up in amusement.

After that, they hailed a cab to the police station.

In the meantime, the relevant authorities in the police department had already received the news. Hence, an officer quickly ushered Nathaniel and Mango inside once they arrived. Everything was done quickly.

When Mango stepped outside with her freshly minted ID card, she felt so happy that she wanted to cry.

After being undocumented for so long, she finally managed to restore her identity.

"I think we need to celebrate this event. How about I treat you to a meal?"

Then, Mango tilted her head to the side and looked at Nathaniel with happiness glinting in her eyes.

Nathaniel smiled in response and replied, "Sure."

"Let me be very clear, I'm paying today."

Mango quickly expressed her intent before Nathaniel could say anything else.

On the other hand, Nathaniel didn't fight her on it and he called the Shen Family to inform them that Mango wouldn't be having lunch with them. After that, he brought Mango to a nearby restaurant. However, Mango's phone rang before they even reached the restaurant.

When she looked down, she was surprised to find that Madam Ye was calling her.

"It's Mom."

"Pick up!"

Nathaniel felt that Mango was being extremely adorable. How could her mental capacity drop so much after a month? Even so, he still loved her the same.

At that moment, Mango felt like she was quite silly indeed.

Why did she ask Nathaniel if she should pick up Madam Ye's call?

After that, she rubbed her nose and answered the call.

"Mom."

"Mango, I realised that your confinement period is over today, so how are you feeling? Come home and have a meal with me. I'm sorry for not being there when you needed me most, so I had Nanny Huang make a lot of good food. How about you come over together with the children?"

There was a hint of anticipation in Madam Ye's voice.

Thus, Mango looked at Nathaniel and said, "Sorry, it seems like I can't treat you to lunch today. Rain check?"

"Anything works for me."

Obviously Nathaniel wouldn't refuse her.

Then, Mango hurriedly replied to Madam Ye, "Mom, I'll bring the children over some other time. Right now Nathan and I are out, so we'll come and have lunch with you right now."

"Sounds great!"

Clearly, Madam Ye was very happy.

After Mango hung up, Nathaniel wanted to take her home but she stopped him.

"I want to buy something for mom. I'm sure she hasn't been feeling well throughout my confinement period right? I heard that getting rid of the toxins in her body has been a difficult process for her despite the antidote, and was complicated because the toxins were inside her body for a prolonged period of time. Unfortunately, we couldn't be there for her even though we're her children, so I can't just go over there empty-handed right?"

Thus, Mango's words caused a spark of interest to bloom in Nathaniel's eyes.