Convenient Marriage: Mr. Nelson's Love Trap by Hannah Baker

Jasmine answered casually, “What’s the meaning of the future to me if I lost the one I love? Will I be able to have a happy life despite graduated university and having a good job?”

Boyce looked up at Jasmine. The sunlight shone from her back and she looked like a silhouette picture standing by the door.

He couldn’t see her expression. All he saw was a slim figure in front of him.

“Do you want to spend the rest of your life here?” he asked, clenching his fists.

Jasmine turned her body, facing him with her back, sat beside the door, and looked afar, “I’m not sure, perhaps I will marry someone and leave…”

“Who will you marry to?” Boyce interrupted suddenly.

‘She’s getting married? To whom? That guy?’

“Don’t get married.” He was stunned by his own words, what right did he have to stop her?

“I mean…” he tried to look for an excuse, “I mean you are still young.”

“I know, thank you for your concern, I’ll make my decision.” Jasmine rested her chin on her hands, “This is a good place, people here are nice and pure, it’s a peaceful place.”

Boyce was speechless.

“Will you get married?” Jasmine asked.

Boyce couldn’t see her face, just her back. “Yes,” he answered honestly.

Jasmine knew Boyce couldn't be single for life, he was such a good man that women liked. If he wasn’t this naïve in a romantic relationship, he could have been a husband or a father now. It pained her thinking about him getting married.

She wiped her tear off while she stroke her hair and asked in a low voice, “Not bad, with Wendy?”

Boyce lowered his gaze and said yes.

Jasmine clasped her hands, suppressing her tears, and then said in a calm voice, “That’s good, she has a good family background, pretty and about your age, she can even help with your career, both of you are a couple made in heaven, you’ll be happy.”

‘Happy?’ Boyce thought he was far from this word, he did not know the meaning of it.

“Do you think I’ll be happy?” Boyce asked.

Jasmine turned to him, “Are you showing off your happiness to me?”

will marry Wendy but asked if he

"Do you think I'm showing off?"

it wasn’t loved that brought Wendy and him together,' he wanted

their conversation was interrupted by

Burke…” A boy ran

Kirk Lester?” Kirk Lester was a

and hurt his

is he now?” Jasmine stood up at

“In the classroom.”

inside with his knee bleeding. Jasmine walked

it happen?” Jasmine asked as she

was good academically but he was also mischievous. The chicken fight he mentioned was not fighting with

and try to

favorite game amongst

medicine

and stopped at the window, looking

built with bricks. There was a huge blackboard at the

room using a plastic bottle that was cut in half

it was

kit, Jasmine took out the betadine and cotton bud but seemed afraid to apply on Chris’s knee as she didn’t

painful, but

us, Ms. Burke? We don’t want

said I’m leaving?”

are more talented than he is, it will be a waste if you stay here.” Chris asked while sobbing, “Ms. Burke, will

going to start now, be a man and stay strong.” Jasmine poured

looked away from his knee, and divert his attention by speaking to Jasmine, “Ms. Burke, who’s the man you saved? Are you close to him? You were anxious and almost cried, it

was

someone I know, like a friend. I’m sorry, I won’t raise my voice at you again

that they were ‘like a friend’, so he was merely

to her? A stranger?’

close, why do you care so much about

much as a young

injured.” Chris looked at

beyond my control, understand?” she