Chapter 366 Neil Abandoning His Dignity

Once Lyla heard about this matter, she felt some feelings of reluctance. After all, this matter did not have much to do with Delilah. Everything was done on Ms. Davis’ own accord. At that moment, Delilah helped them, so she ended up hurting the person she loved the most. She even had to take the blame again. Her life that was already not going well became even more miserable. Previously, Lyla had already been feeling bad that her appearance ruined Delilah’s original life. Ever since this incident happened, Lyla felt unspeakably guilty. It was the kind of guiltiness that could not fade away easily. Maybe Lyla would only feel better if Delilah could have a better life. Therefore, after Lyla’s constant pleading, she was finally allowed to visit Delilah at the hospital. …… “Ms. Collins…” Lyla frowned as she looked at Delilah. “I’m relieved that you’re fine!” Delilah said calmly. Lyla frowned. “Thank you for saving me!” “You’re welcome. Even if it was for someone else, I would've done it too!” Delilah said calmly. The more Delilah behaved like this, the more disturbed Lyla felt. “Why did you do it?” “Someone has already asked me this question, so I don’t want to answer it again!” “You’ll only hurt yourself if you’re like this!” “I’m already like this now, so is there any difference from already being hurt?” Delilah sneered lightly and asked. Lyla furrowed her brows, feeling uneasy. She could tell that Delilah was already in a pessimistic state. The moment someone became pessimistic, it would be a terrible thing. “Ms. Collins…” “I know what you want to say, but I’ve already made my decision, so you don’t have to say anything else!” Delilah said. Once Lyla heard Delilah's words, she did not know what to reply. “Ms. Collins, what I want to tell you is that there are a lot of things in this world that are waiting for you to explore. What you lost now isn’t everything, so you should cheer up and find your own happiness!” Lyla said. Delilah just smiled at Lyla lightly, not saying anything else. In the end, Lyla failed to persuade her and just walked out. When Lyla went out, Mark was already waiting for her by the door. Upon seeing her disheartened look, he already knew what happened. “I’ve failed!” Lyla said disappointedly. Mark reached out his arm and wrapped it around her shoulders. “This isn’t an easy task, so failure is within my expectations!” “Then what should we do now? We can’t just watch her be like that!” Lyla said anxiously. Mark also knew this. However, to someone that wanted to die, what else could she still be afraid of? “We’ll talk about it when we get back!” Mark said. At that moment, that was all they could do. Lyla nodded and got into the car. …… Delilah did not have any significant problems, so she was discharged after being hospitalized for a few days. In those few days, things had also been getting much smoother. The Pattinsons’ home. Mark had asked someone to prepare a table of food and invited Neil, Lingo, Amanda, and Piers to come over. During their meal, one of them mentioned Delilah’s matter. “So Delilah is really going to jail?” Upon mentioning this, Mark was taken aback for a moment. He then said calmly, “That’s the case for now. However, we’ll need to see whether Caty has a conscience. If she really treats Delilah well, then I believe that she’ll show up!” “I still can’t find traces of her until now. It’s as if she has disappeared into thin air!” Piers said. “You don’t have to look for her. She’ll show up sooner or later!” “What if she doesn’t?” Gretel asked. At that moment, everyone was filled with sympathy for Delilah. After all, she was indeed innocent in this matter. Although she also helped them, she still ended up like this. Even if it was others, who would not feel sympathetic? Who could bear seeing her like this? “Exactly, Daddy. What if she doesn’t? There isn’t anything absolute in this world. Ms. Davis does treat Delilah very well, but what if she becomes afraid when facing a serious situation? People are selfish, so we still have to consider this!” Hansel said. Everyone’s eyes were all on Mark. After some time, Mark said, “I’ll have other arrangements!” Everyone became relieved once Mark finished speaking. “Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore! Let’s eat!” Lingo said. She did not care about these matters. Instead, she cared more about eating. Only then did everyone stop talking about this topic and started eating. Neil looked at Amanda as he gave her constant hints and winks. However, Amanda just acted as if she did not see them. Lingo was also annoyed by this. She then went to sit in between Neil and Amanda to interrupt Neil’s winking. Once Neil saw this, he knew that Lingo did it deliberately. Neil and Lingo glared at each other for some time. In the end, Neil gave in and said, “Ma’am.” Only then did Lingo let him off the hook and gave up the seat. Seeing this, Neil immediately sat over there. Once Amanda saw Neil sitting, she immediately moved away from him a little. However, Neil was thick-skinned and just followed her. Amanda became angry and rolled her eyes at him. “Mr. Issac, please mind yourself!” Neil did not become angry or annoyed at all. Instead, he looked at her with a smile. “What does ‘mind yourself’ mean? Is it something edible?” Everyone, “...” The moment Neil said this, everyone rolled their eyes at him. Lingo could not take it anymore and gave Neil a look. “Neil, where’s your dignity?” “Dignity isn’t even essential for survival, so what use does it even have?” Everyone, “...” “Damn it!” Lingo could not take it anymore. “Don’t say that I know you next time!” Neil just ignored Lingo. It did not matter whether or not Lingo cared about him. It was fine as long as Amanda cared about him. That was the most important thing to him. However, Amanda also sat further away from him. She did not expect Neil to say something like that, which gave her chills. “Amanda…” “Lyla, have you thought of a name for your baby?” Amanda asked as Neil tried to lean over to her. However, she turned her head to look at Lyla while clearly shooting Neil an annoyed look. Neil, “...” After thinking for a moment, Neil said, “Yeah, have you thought about a name? Is it a boy or a girl? Could it be a pigeon pair again?” The moment he finished speaking, Amanda rolled her eyes at him. ‘“This is a talk between women, so can you not butt in?” “Come on, let everyone hear about it!” “What do you want?” “You’re still not clear about what I want?” Neil looked at her and asked. Amanda glanced at him helplessly. She then looked at everyone and noticed that everyone’s eyes were on them as if everyone was waiting to watch some drama. “Stay away from me!” Amanda said softly. “I already told you that I want to pursue you. How can I pursue you if I stay away from you? Didn’t we agree to get to know each other all over again?” Neil asked. Neil just said just in front of everyone, which caused Amanda to blush instantly. She could not bear the shame and said in embarrassment in the end, “That’s what you said! I didn’t say that!” “You didn’t say anything, so it means that you’ve agreed! I know that’s what you think!” “No! I disagree!” “It’s okay if you don’t like me, but you don’t have the right to disallow me from liking you!” Amanda, “...” No matter what Amanda said, Neil looked confident as if everything he said was true. This made Amanda feel helpless about him. Seeing that Amanda was getting angry, Neil said, “Ok, ok, I’m not going to make you mad. I’ll go with whatever you say!” Neil said as he stayed away and sat at another side. Amanda looked at him and glared at him fiercely. Lyla smiled at the side. “Alright, Neil was just joking!” “No, no, no, I was serious. I never joke around!” Neil said. Amanda, “...” Amanda glared at him and ignored him. She then picked up a glass. “Lyla, I’ll toast to you. You’ve survived a disaster, so you’re destined to have good fortune later! I believe that you’ll have a better life in the future!” “I can’t drink any alcohol, so I’ll just drink some water!” “Sure!” The two of them toasted, and Amanda drank her entire glass all at once. Seeing this, Neil also picked up his glass. “Lyla, let me toast to you as well. I wish you and Mark to have a good relationship until the end and never separate!” “Oh!” Mark said as Neil finished speaking. “Then I’ll also need to toast as well!” Mark said as they toasted and drank. Lyla smiled. This scene felt good to her as she had her friends and family by her side. However, she had an uneasy feeling for some reason when she thought about this. She hoped this kind of life could keep on continuing. …… In the following hours, Amanda drank quite a lot. Neil watched her at the side and drank quite a lot too. It was as if he needed to drink as much as Amanda drank. Nonetheless, a man’s tolerance level to alcohol was naturally much better than a woman’s. They drank the same amount of alcohol, but Amanda was already drunk. On the other hand, Neil seemed to only be a little flushed as his expressions did not change much. After the meal, everyone went their own ways. Piers talked to Hansel and Gretel a little and left. Lingo just went upstairs to rest, while Hansel and Gretel also went to rest. Lyla and Mark were outside sending off Neil and Amanda. Amanda was so drunk that she had become senseless. In actuality, most of them got drunk that day. It was not only Amanda. “Why don’t you stay here for a rest today?!” Lyla looked at Amanda and asked worriedly. Amanda just laughed and said, “I don’t want to interrupt your and Mark’s reunion!” “There are still some vacant rooms here, so it isn’t much!” “I still don’t want to stay here. I want to go back!” Neil watched at the side. “I’ll just send her back!” “Can you? Didn’t you also drink quite a lot?” Mark said. Neil smiled. “You don’t trust me?” Mark, “...I actually can’t really trust you now. Ever since you met Amanda Bowen, your life has been turned upside down!” Neil smiled, looking affectionately at the woman who had fallen drunk on him. “If it has really been turned upside down, then I hope that it can turn upside down even more thoroughly!” There was no saving him. “In that case, I’ll leave her to you. Take care!” Mark said. Neil nodded. Lyla looked at Amanda. She still trusted Neil’s character. However, she still thought about it a little and asked, “You really don’t want to stay here?” “No!” Amanda shook her head. “I want to go home! I want to go back home!” “Okay, okay, I’ll send you back home!” Neil coaxed her as if he was coaxing a child. Seeing this, Lyla could not say much. She just looked at Neil and said, “Then I’ll leave her to you!” “Don’t worry. Even if something were to happen to me, I still won’t let anything happen to Amanda!” “I hope nothing happens to neither of you!” Lyla said word by word. Neil smiled, did not say anything else and just dragged Amanda into the car.