"Why don't you wear one more coat?" Lionel couldn't help asking when he walked in.
"Not too cold." When she spoke, her voice was as usual, but once she was so lively and quiet, like a
stream running down along the splendid mountains. Now she was quiet and calm, like a pool of deep
water.
Lionel's heart ached. What had she experienced that made her change so much in this period of time?
In fact, the reason why she became like this was not because she was hit, but because she had seen
through it. She might be like a poor beggar. She had nothing at the beginning, so she was free without
scruple. One day she suddenly got a precious crystal cup, and she treated it as a treasure. She was
happy every day. Sometimes she was worried that she would lose it, but at last she accidentally broke
the crystal cup and after the shock of pain, she felt happy and satisfied for what she had once had.
Although she had returned to the past life of nothing, she had a beautiful memory which made her feel
very calm and satisfied at this time.
If she couldn't see through it, she would sigh every day, regret for her own carelessness. She would
wish she could go back to the old days, when she had never got the crystal cup. Many people would
feel pity for losing something important. Without that, they would regret for what they should have got.
As for gamblers, they would regret for missing something that they were supposed to get. After
everything going away, he or she would cry bitterly and regretted at once.
The reason why Amanda was able to see through this was that she had already lost too much. A
warrior who was used to being hurt was fine with new scars.
"Would you like something to drink?" Amanda asked. She needed nutrition every day. So she had
regular meals. That was the basic principle. It was not the right time for her to drink to forget everything.
"Give me a glass of milk, too," Lionel replied.
Amanda poured him a glass of milk and sat on the couch. "When did you come back?"
"Just now." He looked at her. She was wearing simple home decoration. It was natural for her to stay in
the hotel.
Then she smiled and said, "It seems that the sunshine in America is very good and your skin looks
healthy. Where is Josie? Did you come back together?"
"She went home first." Lionel felt bad when he heard Amanda mention Josie's name. He wanted to ask
Amanda about her situation, but he didn't know how to start.
"Have you seen the news? It's really a big news." Amanda knew why he came here.
"I will talk to Darren and ask him. He is going too far!" Lionel replied.
"No, don't do this," Amanda refused politely.
"No, I must have to. I chose to leave because I believed that he could take good care of you. As he
promised, now I must ask him about everything he has done," Lionel said angrily.
"What did you say? What did he promise?" Amanda asked.
"I wanted to stay and take care of my grandfather before, but Darren persuaded me to leave," Lionel
sighed.
Amanda was a little surprised. She was still with Lionel at that time. But because of the media's
comments, Darren was with her all the time to clarify the rumors and followed her all the time. Had he
talked to Lionel and persuaded him to leave?
"Even though I tried to avoid the family feud last time, the An Group has offered me another job. The
only thing I wanted to do was that he would take good care of you. He said he would take good care of
you, because he believed that you were his wife. I trusted him, so I left. If I knew he would be so
irresponsible today, I would have cared about nothing and taken you away too." Lionel was so angry
that he smashed his fist on the table.
It turned out that Darren had told the Lionel such things. Amanda smiled. A man like Darren had to
make a lot of promises to his rival in love to make him go abroad soon. Darren must be very depressed
when he did this.
"What are you laughing at? Do you think I'm lying to you?" Lionel couldn't help but ask as Amanda
caught a glimpse of the smile on her face.
Amanda shook her head and said, "I'm not mad at him. It's just divorce. I was thinking about this when I
married into his family. Now I'm glad that my dream has finally come true."
"But you are not happy at all. You are smiling like a piece of glass now. Do you still want to suppress
your true feelings in front of me? You don't have to be pretended something between us," he said.
Amanda was stunned. She stared at Lionel in shock.
Lionel's hair was short. Though he had suffered a lot, he was determined. He stared at her, as if he
wanted to see her heart directly and see the underneath wound which was revealed calmly. He would
not stop until he could see her horrible wound and how severe it was.
But for some reason, what Lionel said saddened Amanda. She could have acted indifferently, but she
had been used to being abandoned by the whole world. When she had been sent to a distant country
when she was a child, she had known what she had was only herself.
"At least you have come back. Have you visited your family? How's your grandfather? I've
accompanied him once. Although his eyes were closed, he looked very healthy. They should take good
care of your grandfather," Amanda tried to change the subject.
"I didn't go back. I was having dinner near the airport and heard people talking about the case of you.
When I knew that you had an accident, I immediately rushed over." His eyes were fixed on hers as he
spoke.
Amanda said, "Lionel, you shouldn't have come here. What I'm doing now has nothing to do with you.
It's time for you to go back to visit your grandfather. You're his grandson. Now he's not doing well and
you're in trouble too. Don't make trouble for yourself."
Lionel grabbed her hand and drew closer to her. "I know. I know what I should do. But I just can't do
anything. When I heard that you were in trouble, my mind is in a mess. I can't do anything," he said
miserably.
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