The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 2016

"Desmond!”

Haniya's voice trembled, and there was even a hint of panic in it.

"Don't come over! Haniya, I don't want to see you now."

Desmond's voice was not loud and even a little weak, but what he said made Haniya unable to stand up anymore and fall directly to the ground.

Tears welled up in her eyes, but Desmond held Mango's hand tightly and whispered, "Madam, please take me to the hospital.”

Mango's eyes darkened.

She didnt feel anything wrong with Desmond's body before, but now his body was trembling!

Desmond shouldn't be like this just because of a little loss of blood!

She suddenly thought of Desmond’s thin figure and occasional light coughs. Mango looked at Haniya with a complicated expression in her eyes. In the end, she left with Desmond without saying anything.

This time, Haniya did not stop them again, but there was a trace of loneliness and regret in her eyes.

As soon as Mango helped Desmond get in the car, he coughed out a mouthful of blood. Mango quickly took out a tissue to cover his mouth and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with you?"

"I don't know."

Desmond finally stopped coughing. Looking at Mango's worried eyes, he felt as if time had returned to more than a decade and twenty years ago. At that time, there was such a person who cared so much about him, but that person died too early.

"Madam, I may not be able to hold on any longer."

Desmond spoke softly, but what he said made Mango's eyes welled up with tears.

"What nonsense are you talking about?

Medicine is advanced now. I'll take you to the hospital. I can also take you to my brother. There will be a way to cure you."

Mango said, almost sobbing.

The relationship between her and Desmond was like that of brothers, but also like that of relatives. Especially because of her face, she always felt that she had a responsibility to take care of Desmond forthat person.

However, when she heard Desmond's words, and there was a hint of illness in his eyes, Mango was sad and her heart was in pain.

"Desmond, you can't die. You're still so young. If you continue to talk nonsense, I will be angry."

"Madam, everyone have to die one day."

Desmond, on the other hand, saw things through.

He looked at Mango and said in a low voice, "Recently, I always recall past memories. I almost forgot what she looked like. Everyone said that you and she looked alike, but in fact, that's not true. She is more beautiful than you. Her smile is gentle and warm, like the warm sun, which can always

illuminate the deepest darkness in the bottom of people's hearts. It was she who told me that even if I lived a hard life, I had the right to yearn for freedom and sunshine. Her only wish in this life was to let me live in the sunlight. I did it, and I even lived for so long. I even got married and had a son. Even if I met her again now, I could proudly say that I realized her wish."

Mango couldn't control her tears anymore.

Having lived for so long, she thought that she had long seen through life and death and was used to it. But at this moment, she still wanted to cry.

"Desmond, do you regret it when I set you up with Haniya before? Did you marry her out of pressure on me?"

Mango saw a hem of clothes through the corner of her eyes.

She knew that Haniya had followed them out and that Haniya was just outside the car, but she still asked.

Haniya's body immediately stiffened.

In the past few years, Desmond had never told her anything about that woman, but he said it to Mango.

She didn't believe that Desmond didn't love that woman or Mango at all!

She clenched her fists tightly, and her nails seeped into her flesh, but she didn't know what was going on. She just pricked up her ears and wanted to hear what Desmond said.

If Desmond said he regretted it, what should she do?

Haniya was at a loss.

Desmond was silent for a long time. When Mango thought that he wouldn't say anything, Desmond opened his mouth.

"I've done a lot of things in this life, and I don't regret them. Madam, marrying Haniya is my own choice. It has nothing to do with you or anyone else."

"Why? She is such a stubborn woman. She has already made her life a mess and tortured you so much. Why do you still say that?"

Mango, who had been doted on all these years, could not understand how a person could be such a contradiction.

Desmond's eyes were a little erratic and sad.

"She used to be a beautiful and sweet girl! She has done too many things for me. I have a heart too. How can I not be moved? How can I not fall in love? She is like a hot flame who plunged into my life at all costs, pulling me out of my guilt for her. She is my savior." Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

Desmond's words made Haniya suddenly cover her mouth, but her tears could not help falling.

Mango didn't expect that Desmond would say that, but she still asked, "So you've been indulging her all these years?"

"Maybe I was such a boring person and didn't know how to coax a woman, nor did I know what she was thinking or what she want, but I didn't think it was good to restore the Bell family's reputation. She was just a girl who was sent out of the Bell family when she was a child and suffered a lot outside. She should have abandoned everything and lived a good life. It was I who didn't take good care of her and let her be excluded and ridiculed in the military region. I thought this was a process that people must go through, but I forgot that she had already suffered a lot. She was not me, she was just Haniya Bell who will only cry when she was in trouble. I lost her. It was a man's fault to

make a happy woman become what she is now. It was my fault. In the end, I couldn't give her a happy marriage and a happy life. So Madam, no matter what she had done, you can hate and blame her, but please don't do anything to her for the sake of our relationship. She was guilty about what happened, but she couldn't admit it. She already regretted it."

Desmond's words made Haniya unable to control her emotions any longer. She opened the car door and rushed in.

"Why are you talking to her about that? You should say it to me! Desmond, you have ignored me over the years. Although you didn't do anything to me, ever since Rita's matter, your indifference was enough to drive me crazy. Don't think that I will forgive you if you plead for me in front of her now. I won't forgive you! Never!"

After saying that, Haniya turned around and ran away, but she stumbled a little.

Desmond looked at her back and smiled bitterly. Finally, he felt a little uncomfortable and leaned against the seat, gasping gently.

Seeing this scene, Mango suddenly felt that Haniya was actually very happy.

Haniya was already not young but she was so spoiled by Desmond. Who dared to say that Desmond didn't love and care for her at all? But it seemed that she was the only one who couldn't understand and figure it out.

Desmond didn't want to say anything anymore.

He was so tired that he just wanted to sleep.

"Madam, can you call Anton back for me? I have something to say to him."

Desmond's weak and tired look made Mango very worried. She quickly called Anton, but after hanging up the phone, she saw Nathaniel standing not far away. She couldn't help but feel sad and her eyes became swollen and uncomfortable.