The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Meanwhile, Thomas noticed that Mango was drumming her fingers on the table as thoughts raced furiously through her head. He noted that this action mirrored Nathaniel's closely, and he started to become worried.

"Don't overthink, Mrs. Ye. Mr. Ye could just be busy, and I'm sure he'll call you once he's done."

"Yup!"

Mango's tone was indifferent when she replied, but her listlessness was clear for all to see.

As Thomas was about to say something else, Rainie stopped him and she gestured for him to leave the room.

After both women were left alone, Rainie asked Mango, "What's on your mind, Mango? Although Nathaniel's not my favorite person, I can see that he's been nothing but good to you and I believe that he's not a cheater. Plus, I don't believe he'll be tempted by some random college student. Honestly, he might just be entangled in some business, so quit overthinking."

Worry flooded her heart when she saw Mango acting like this.

Mango was in an extremely frail state, and Genevieve had advised her not to overthink things. Now that the issue with Nathaniel was causing Mango's thoughts to stray, Rainie was worried that it would affect her recovery.

"I'm fine, I believe that Nathaniel's not that kind of person either. Over the last five years, he could have any woman he wanted. Furthermore, he wouldn't even need to look for a woman in his position as they'll be lining up around the block for a chance. There was zero news of a scandal from him over the last five years, so I don't believe he'd abandon his family for some college student five years later." Rainie finally heaved a sigh of relief once she heard Mango speak.

"It's best if you think that way, so I'm sure he's gone overseas to handle some business. Please don't overthink."

"I don't think he went abroad. Even if he did, it wasn't because of company affairs. So, Nathaniel's hiding something from me!"

Certainty was evident in Mango's tone as she spoke.

She wasn't an idiot and Nathaniel's behavior right now was simply too unusual. Plus, if even Nick failed to contact him, then it meant that Nathaniel was deliberately avoiding everyone. But why was he doing that?

There was no solid reason for him to do this!

No matter how much she thought about it, Mango couldn't figure it out.

At that moment, Genevieve returned to the house.

"What's wrong? What's with the sudden silence?"

Genevieve realised that something wasn't quite right as soon as she stepped into the house.

Then, Rainie sucked in a breath to speak but Mango managed to do it first.

"It's fine, Rainie's being a horrible best friend. She's angry with me just because I yelled at Thomas earlier."

Hence, Rainie's brow twitched in annoyance when she heard that.

Did Mango just use her as an excuse again?

She was nothing but innocent!

Next, Rainie cast an aggrieved look towards Mango, but unfortunately her friend ignored her.

Meanwhile, Genevieve chuckled amusedly before saying, "Really? Rainie and Thomas are in love, so of course, she'll be mad if you yell at him in front of her. Ah, why didn't you turn off your IV drip after it's been depleted?"

She suddenly realized that Mango's drip had run dry long ago.

On the other hand, Rainie was so frightened by the revelation that she paled.

"Oh God, I was too caught up in conversation earlier and I wasn't watching the drip. I'm so sorry, are you okay?"

Remorse was clear on Rainie's face as she spoke.

However, Mango proceeded to casually remove the needle from her arm and that caused blood to ooze out from the back of her hand.

"Are you crazy? What are you doing?"

Then, Rainie hurriedly dabbed at the area with a cotton swab.

Nevertheless, Mango continued in an indifferent voice and she replied, "I'm fine, I feel a lot better."

On the other hand, Genevieve couldn't help but frown when she saw this.

"You can't do this, Mango. Your body is frail and you've lost a lot of blood. You need to have another drip to stop the bleeding and the inflammation. Even if you're angry with Rainie, you can't just gamble with your health."

"Yeah, what the hell are you doing?"

Hence, Rainie was absolutely livid but tears rimmed her eyes as she spoke.

Mango sighed in resignation before replying, "But I really do feel better."

"Who's the doctor here? You or me? Listen to me, lie down and let me administer the drip. This is not up for discussion."

Thus, Genevieve had no choice but to be harsh right now.

Out of options, Mango finally decided to lie down on the bed.

Next, Genevieve repeated the process of inserting a sterilized needle into her hand and administering the drip.

Then, Mango gazed at her and she asked, "Genevieve, you must be very busy as the director of the military hospital, right?"

"It's not too bad. Noah thinks I work too hard, so most of my work and surgeries have been taken over by him. As a result, I'm quite free. To tell you the truth, I'm only a director in name as Noah's been running the hospital for the last two years. Why?"

Genevieve replied with a faint smile on her face.

Then, Mango chuckled, "Noah really does love you."

"What man doesn't love his wife? Doesn't Mr. Ye love you as well? I heard from Noah that Mr. Ye is willing to do anything for you."

"Did you know that Noah and Nathaniel have gone to the Celestial Clubhouse recently?"

Then, Mango's words caused an expression of surprised to form on Genevieve's face.

"I don't know, but I know of their frequent meetings at the Celestial Clubhouse. Why? Has Noah gone again? I'm going to talk to him about this later as he hasn't been feeling too well, so he shouldn't be drinking. Gosh, he must've been secretly drinking at the club. This man is getting on my nerves."

Genevieve's words were very honest.

Hence, Mango couldn't see anything in her face that gave anything away.

Either Genevieve was very good at acting, or she really had no idea about what was going on.

Thus, Mango did not ask any further and she smiled before saying, "I'm tired, I'm gonna go and rest for a while." "Go to sleep. I'm here, so call me if you need anything."

Genevieve did not say anything out of the ordinary as well.

Rainie glanced between the two of them and she found it hard to mesh into their conversation.

It was clear that Mango suspected that Noah knew something, and if it was her, then Rainie would just ask Genevieve right away. However, both Mango and Genevieve were playing the avoidance game and this exasperated Rainie.

"I'll go and check on Thomas. He's been yelled at so badly by Mango, I need to go and comfort him somehow."

Rainie came up with an excuse to leave.

When she met with Thomas, he asked a bit worriedly, "What's going on today?"

"What's going on with Nathaniel? I feel like it's absolutely strange for him not to call Mango, and he called me instead. Plus, I even told him that Mango's ill but he didn't even make the effort to come home. Tell me the truth, Thomas, do you really not know where Nathaniel has gone?"

"I really don't know!"

Thomas nearly raised his hand in a swearing motion.

"It's very mysterious that Mr. Ye has gone abroad, and I know that he left after the meeting with Dr. Soo at the hospital. Before he left the country, he asked me to take care of everything here and nothing else. I even offered to take his place, but Mr. Ye said he needed to do this on his own."

When he thought back to the conversation between Nathaniel and himself, he said, "Oh right, I think I heard Dr. Soo's voice as well at the time. So, Mr. Ye must be together with him."

"In other words, Noah has to know where Nathaniel's gone, right?"

Rainie managed to catch the main point of what he said.

Then, Thomas looked at her and he asked uneasily, "What are you planning to do?"

"Mango is in really poor health now, and although Dr. Bay didn't say anything, I can see that she's worried. I don't know what's wrong with Mango, but it breaks my heart to see her so weak. No matter where Nathaniel is, I'm going to bring him home to Mango's side."

Rainie's words made Thomas hesitate for a moment.

"Even if you seek out Dr. Soo, he won't tell you where Nathaniel is." "What should we do then?'

"Let me handle this."

Thomas couldn't help but sigh when he saw how concerned Rainie was.

"Can you find out where Nathaniel's gone from Noah?"

"Not necessarily, but I'm sure I can find a clue. All you need to do is stay here with Mango. If possible, please check on her regularly. I'm sure Mr. Ye will come back as soon as he can out of concern for her health."

Rainie nodded after hearing that.

"All right, be careful. Please tell me if there's any news, I know you and Nathaniel share a good relationship, but I can't watch my best friend be hurt. If he's done anything to hurt her, I won't forgive him." "I got it. Mr. Ye won't do it, don't worry."

Thomas loved the way Rainie was willing to go out of her way to help her friends, and a touch of tenderness in his eyes as he looked at her. When Rainie saw that, she immediately schooled her features and she cleared her throat before saying, "I'll head on inside."

"Okay, I'll bring your favourite walnut cake when I get back."

Thomas's words made Rainie blush.

"Who told you about that? Hurry up and get it done."

As she spoke, Rainie hurriedly turned and she scurried off towards Mango's room with an involuntary smile on her face.

Meanwhile, Thomas chuckled at the sight and he left as well.

By the time Mango had woken up, Genevieve had removed the drip. Thankfully, she felt much better and her period flow seemed to have lessened.

"Thank you, Genevieve."

"It's fine. Okay, here are some antiinflammatory drugs, make sure to take them three times a day. I'll be by tomorrow to check on you, so please rest well and stop moving around so much, got it?" Genevieve gave Mango detailed instructions which she agreed to follow.

After that, Rainie asked softly as she saw Genevieve to the door. "Dr. Bay, is there something wrong with Mango's body? Is it really just the after effects of the miscarriage?"

"Yes, her body is way too frail, and on top of that, she'd gotten a bacterial infection which led to a large loss of blood. Don't worry, she'll be fine after some treatment." Genevieve's words made Rainie feel relieved. "That's great, thank you for your hard work." "No worries, make sure she takes her medication."

"Will do!"

After that, Rainie saw Genevieve off. All the while, Mrs. Shen had tried to persuade Genevieve to stay for dinner, but unfortunately the doctor refused all her attempts. Just as Rainie sent Genevieve off and she was planning to return to the room, Thomas rushed over suddenly.

"Something horrible has happened to the Ye family!"