The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 22

After returning to her room, Mango sent a message directly to Nathan Ye.

"Mr. Ye, pardon me for resigning on such short notice. I may be a little unfit with the environment of Ocean City, so I have already applied to be transferred back to the headquarter office. I'm sure a new designer will replace me for future co-op. It happens that Miss Cho's public apology indicates that I am a bit difficult to deal with, so you can blame me for this personnel change. Best wishes. Katherine."

After pressed the send button, Mango turned off her mobile phone and took a nap, leaning against the bed.

Nathan was a little stunned when he received the text message.

This was his personal phone number, even Macy Cho did not know. This phone number had been off public use since his wife died five years ago. He kept the number just in the faith that she would return, or more for memorial purpose. So far, except for his assistant Thomas, only the dead Mango had this number.

Now this Katherine lady actually sent a text message to his private number. There was no chance that Thomas dare not giving the boss's private number to Katherine, who is almost a stranger. That left only one possible answer: Katherine was Mango Shen, his wife! Coming to this conclusion made Nathan's mood swinging.

With obvious evidences and the Ye's intelligence, he could have already come to this conclusion. The reason he didn't, was just this woman brought up a lot of old memories, and Nathan's suspicious nature. Plus, he failed countless times to find her in the past five years, maybe he had given up hope deep inside.

Now that a new hope raised. Without one second wasted, Nathan called Thomas Song.

"How's the background check on Katherine?"

Thomas Song, the miserable assistant to the most powerful man in Ocean City, was at the time slept over his laptop in the office. With all the online grinding and offline filed checking, he was flooded with files and information and was planning to sleep off the weekend before submitting a final report. But when Nathan's phone came, Thomas was hammered back to consciousness, like being electrified.

So did his fake British accent. "Song at your service, sire... master... urn... Mister Ye. Pulled all my strings. Both official and off the book. Katherine stayed in the States forever, it seems. Bank, tax, bills, all her record checks. I even investigated her associates back in school. Katherine is a real person with a real identity."

Thomas's nervousness wasn't new to Nathan but did make him impatient.

"Is there any empty period of time? For example, she has been abroad for a while, or is there an accident?"

Hearing Nathan's question, Thomas was a little confused.

"That. My lord, I'm not sure."

"I'll give you half an hour. I want all the information. Remember, I want it all."

After that, Nathan hung up the phone, regardless of Thomas's reply.

Katherine had lived in the United States for a long time and had a full record tracing back to her childhood. But why did she share so many similarities with Mango? Was this really a coincidence? And how could a person who had been living in the United States keep a close relationship with Rainie Blu, who had never been out of the country? And furthermore, Rainie was his wife's best friend.

These questions kept hovering in Nathan's mind.

He opened the drawer, which contained the divorce agreement and the wedding ring, which were left by Mango to him five years ago.

It seemed the only thing Nathan bought for Mango for their three-year marriage, was this ring. And it was for the ceremony, not for their relationship.

At that time, Nathan did not want this marriage. He did not enjoy a woman who was full of schemes. But every time he came back from work, Mango always left a lamp on, just for him. No matter how late he came back, Mango would always have dinner ready. She kept heating dinner for the entire three years, even when Nathan often times skipped dinner. In fact, Nathan was aware of Mango's seeking for medicine on her birth issue. At that time, a wife who couldn't give birth to children was better for him. Anyway, this marriage was not a fruit of love, which made children a burden to both sides. But he didn't expect to feel stressful when he saw Mango taking those Chinese herbals. When he learned that Mango was food poisoned and hospitalized, he felt guilty for the first time.

At that time, he knew that Mango had taken a place in his heart. But he didn't realize this love, so he forced himself to be more alienated from her and became even more indifferent to her. He thought that this would make everything back to the beginning. But Mango was such a silly and headstrong woman. No matter how cold he was, she smiled and welcomed Nathan, leaving bitterness and tears to herself.

He had thought that Mango tough woman who would not cry. until one night when she had a fever and curled up alone in bed, crying Nathan's name. That was when Nathan realized Mango was not as tough as she looked.

Nathan wanted to treat Mango well. But, unfortunately, Macy Cho came back with a child of the Ye family, which changed everything. And Mango just happened to be pregnant too. In order to avoid Macy Cho's news hurting Mango, Nathan sent Macy abroad. Then, the tragedy fire happened.

Although five years had passed, Nathan still had doubts. He did not believe that such a woman who loved him with all her heart would cheat on him. What really happened remained a secret, and the only woman who knew the secret vanished in that fire.

Yet, now she returned!

Although there was no hard definite evidence, Nathan just had this gut feeling.

Mango Shen, his wife, returned!