The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

"No! Please, no! Sir, I beg you, please don't do this to Lebanon! I've already dedicated my whole life to serving you, and I have no complaints if I die or live while following you! But, Lebanon is innocent!" Magnolia immediately grew frantic with fear as she said these words.

She crawled towards the man again and grabbed onto his legs before begging him repeatedly.

On the other hand, Mango had never seen Magnolia got down to her knees to beg before.

At that point, her aunt had seemed like a stranger to her. Right now, her aunt was someone without dignity, which was the total opposite of her persona that she had portrayed to others.

Hence, Mango had no words to describe this, but she felt suffocated as she watched this scene.

Meanwhile, the man raised Magnolia's chin and forced her to stare into his eyes.

"Innocent? He's never innocent as long as the Xiao family's blood is running through his veins!"

"Then why didn't you kill me back then? If you had killed me, he wouldn't have been born, and he wouldn't become the Xiao family's progeny!"

Magnolia's anger flared up instantly.

At that moment, she was only a mother.

Perhaps she had gotten so worked up when the man had mentioned the Xiao family, so she couldn't bear with this anymore.

She was so furious, so she was ready to attack the man and beat him up into pieces if she had the opportunity to do so.

However, the man was rather excited by Magnolia's reactions.

"Are you getting angry now? Do you know why I still can't forget you after all these years? Haha! I love seeing your face lit up with anger." The man then pinned Magnolia to the ground and ripped her clothes apart. He ignored her cries and pleas as he took her by force. "Let me go! No!"

Magnolia wailed and wept at the top of her lungs. Meanwhile, Mango was profoundly upset and disturbed by her helpless screams. Her aunt was being assaulted right now!

No matter what Magnolia had done, she was Mango's family, and she was also her grandfather's only daughter who was alive. At this thought, Mango almost darted towards Magnolia when someone held her back from

behind.

She turned around and saw Nathaniel behind her with his arms wrapped around her tightly.

Mango caught a hint of dismay from him, but he shook his head helplessly. This indicated that there was nothing they could do. Well, Mango knew that Nathaniel was right.

Although the man was alone, who knew if his men were hidden around the area instead?

Magnolia was powerful, but she couldn't even attack the man. If Mango headed out now, she would only put herself in danger.

Nevertheless, Mango felt dreadful and useless as she could only the man continue to assault Magnolia.

If she had not followed Magnolia, she would not have known how much pain her aunt had gone through all those years.

She felt the torment and anguish prodding her bit by bit as she watched the scene play out in front of her. Thus, she couldn't help but tear up.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel held Mango tightly in his arms.

It did not sit well with him knowing that Mango was upset. However, he could not risk letting Mango expose herself.

Firstly, they probably couldn't return in one piece if they had shown themselves. Secondly, Magnolia was Mango's aunt, and she would be devastated if her niece had seen her in a pathetic state. She would not be able to withstand the humiliation as everyone saw her as a cold and arrogant lady!

Then, Mango gripped Nathaniel's arm firmly as she tried to suppress the pain and sorrow, but her tears just would not stop streaming down.

Nathaniel felt a pool of wet hot tears quickly wetting his chest.

He felt helpless, so he decided to close his eyes and not look. Nevertheless, he could not block out the man's pants and Magnolia's desperate cries.

The whole scene lasted for about an hour.

After the ordeal, Magnolia was worn out, and she was sobbing silently.

She had a look of despair on her face, and she looked as if her soul had been sucked out from her body. The only feeling she felt was anguish, and she wanted to end her life immediately. The man then got up from the ground and straightened himself. After that, anger flashed in his eyes when he saw Magnolia lying down lifelessly.

"Get up!"

He kicked Magnolia brutally as he had quite a fury temper.

On the other hand, Magnolia glared at him in detest as that was all she could do.

Unfortunately, Lebanon was under his surveillance. Therefore, even though she had the choice to die together with him,, she could not risk putting Lebanon's life at stake.

Although she had not intended to give birth to him, she was still a mother as she had been pregnant with him for ten months.

Hence, could not ignore their blood ties. She had owed Lebanon enough, so she had no right to risk his life.

Therefore, Magnolia could only endure it.

Meanwhile, clothes had been ripped apart by the man and could no longer cover her body.

Then, the man clapped to summon two women who helped Magnolia up.

They assisted Magnolia to clean up at the pond nearby and changed her into a new change of clothes.

It was only then that Mango was glad that Nathaniel had been there with her. She would probably have been caught if Nathaniel had not stopped her.

Magnolia had appeared lifeless throughout the process. Finally, the man tossed her a pill and said placidly, "Take it."

Magnolia grabbed it and downed it on the spot without taking a look at it.

One would feel that death was terrifying. However, at that point, Magnolia felt that nothing could beat the horror of living a life worse than death.

After taking the pill, Magnolia stared at the man and said coldly, "I want to see Barack."

The man snorted coldly and said, "Hehl What's the point in that? Are you planning to tell him that you've become the wife of another man and given birth to his child? Or to tell him that you still love him? What do you expect to hear from him? Listen to me Magnolia, be obedient, and I can give you anything you want. However, you'd better forget about Barack."

Magnolia clenched her fists and ignored the pain of her fingernails digging into her skin when she heard this.

"You promised me that you would let me see him!"

Magnolia was trembling all over in the cold helplessly as she exclaimed.

The man sneered coldly in reply, "Bah! You will see him when he dies!" "Urgh! You bast*rd!" Magnolia nearly collapsed right there when she heard his reply. He had been lying to her all along!

When he asked her to marry him in Angolla, he had promised to let her meet Barack if she fulfilled his request.

However, when she finally married him, she never get to see Barack at all. Instead, she only saw Barack's watch, which she had gifted him as their token of love. Later on, the man had forced Magnolia to produce a child. He said that he would let her meet Barack as long as she gave birth to their offspring.

Magnolia had agreed, even though she knew that the chances of him fulfilling his promise were slim and that it could be a trap.

However, she still had not met Barack even after she had given birth to Lebanon.

It had been more than 20 years since they last met. Hence, she had no idea how Barack had been doing all those years.

She did not even know if the man who had loved her dearly was dead or alive.

Magnolia glared hatefully at the man, but there was nothing she could do. She asked resentfully, "Heh! Why did you summon me here then?"

"Find Augustus and bring him to Angolla. This is your task."

Magnolia was stunned by the man's orders.

"Augustus has been released."

The man looked at Magnolia and said coldly, "Lilian didn't really release Augustus. She trapped him in a formation to torture him instead. Your task is to get Lilian to undo the formation and release Augustus." "I'm afraid I'm unable to complete that task then."

Magnolia had outright refused him. The man then snickered and said, "Heh! I believe you've planted a girl to keep an eye on Lebanon, right? Unfortunately, I've taken control of the girl a few days ago, and Angolla is under lockdown now, so no one can enter or leave the country. Hmm... if something happens to Lebanon, who could possibly tell you about it then?"

Magnolia nearly collapsed at that instance.

"I really can't do it! Mango and the rest have discovered Augustus' identity, and they are determined to get him. Besides, I don't even know Lilian at all, so how am I supposed to make her undo the formation and release Augustus?"

"I don't care! Since Mango is your niece, you have to find a way to get around her. You should know this. Magnolia, if anything happens to Augustus, I won't spare any one of them. This includes you, your son, Mango, Nathaniel, and every one of them! When the time comes, the Ye family, the Xiao family and the Hans family will all be involved in the downfall of Longford County! Also, I heard that there are still two men alive in the Hans family! Do you want to watch them die?"

The man's words left Magnolia speechless.

Even though she knew that she could never complete this task, she could not refuse his orders.

After all, Barack definitely would not want anything to happen to his two younger brothers. Furthermore, she hoped that Brantley could live and die of old age, so she chose to remain silent.

On the other hand, the man felt pleased with her submission. He then said softly, "Find Augustus and I will handle the rest. You can rest assured that as long as you bring Augustus back to Angolla, you will still have your position as one of my wives."

Magnolia had zero interest in maintaining her status, but she had no choice as she could not defy him.

She had been resisting for so many years, and she thought that she had succeeded. Alas! It was until then that she realized that everything she had done was futile.

He had already seen through her but had remained silent. Instead, he had enjoyed watching her struggling futilely.

She had worked so hard over the years to achieve everything she had. It was only just then that she realized that she had managed to achieve everything she wanted because this man had not interfered. Magnolia could not describe her feelings at that point. She felt that she had lost her purpose in living, but she could not die and leave everyone just like that.

Oh well. No one could understand her feelings.

She collected herself and looked at the man and asked, "Who is Augustus? Do you value him so much because of his geological exploration skills? Are you looking for him just for the mine?" "Don't ask unnecessary questions! Haven't you learned this lesson all these years?"

The man suddenly glared coldly at Magnolia. Then, he turned around and left with the women.

Meanwhile, Magnolia remained in the woods and stood without moving.

She was shivering under the cold wind.

On the other hand, Mango was afraid that her aunt would collapse the next moment.

She wanted to go to Magnolia but Nathaniel stopped her. Then, he dragged her away forcefully as they left the forest together.

Suddenly, Magnolia sensed something at that point and abruptly turned her head around. She saw the trees swaying in the wind and the rustling of leaves. However, she didn't see anyone behind her. Was she thinking too much?

Magnolia frowned. Just then, she realized an important piece of information.

Augustus was definitely related to Angolla! Furthermore, it was very likely that he had a high status!