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

Gerben blinked his eyes and asked, “Was it always unforgivable when men made mistakes?”

Amanda was curious. It wasn’t the first time Gerben asked her this question. Why was that?

“You wanted me and him to get back together?”

Gerben cleared his throat, “I’m only curious about how much a man would pay for their mistake. If you could forgive him this time, then it meant he could make a bigger mistake.”

Amanda felt speechless.

“I was joking,” Gerben started the car engine, “Are you going back to the hotel?”

“No, we’re going to J&Y Group,” said Amanda.

“You can leave work for tomorrow. You should take a rest today,” said Gerben. He was worried that it would be overwhelming for Amanda to face Stanford right after she got off the plane.

Amanda looked outside the window, “Let’s just go to J&Y Group.”

Amanda wanted to solve everything as soon as possible. Her parents were worried about her. It was time for her to go back and visit them.

Amanda wanted to take revenge on Stanford, so she had been hiding from her parents for the past year. Her parents cooperated with her and stayed hidden, but Amanda knew that they were missing her all along.

Amanda didn’t want to stay in this place. She wanted to get it over with and start a new life.

Amanda didn’t want the past to haunt her.

After all, life was a long journey.

Gerben said, “I’m not sure if Stanford is in the office. Let me call and ask them.”

Then, Gerben gave a call to Stanford’s secretary to ask if Stanford was in the office today.

The secretary answered Gerben, “Mr. James isn’t in the office.”

“Ms. Flores came back. She needs to talk to Mr. James,” said Gerben.

The secretary paused for a while then replied to Gerben Harvie, “Let me come back to you, alright?”

“Sure.”

secretary quickly contacted Atwood

upstairs and check on Stanford. He had been hiding upstairs for

glass in front of Atwood. He could still drink some water when he felt thirsty, but Stanford had been hiding upstairs for more than a day without

Atwood was worried.

if Atwood knew where Stanford was. “Mr. Harvie called to tell us that Ms. Flores came back and she needs to see

came back?” Atwood was

she was the only one to

stunned. Perhaps she was startled by the excited tone Atwood displayed over the phone, “Yes, Ms. Flores wanted

I’ve got the message. Ask her to come to the

“Sure.”

and rushed to Stanford’s room upon hanging up the phone. He saw Stanford sitting on the

was stunned by the

seen Stanford

room softly. He lowered his

head. Atwood repeated, “Mrs. James came

so much earlier, but now, he was

to face her, and he didn’t even dare to ask if

apologize to her now.

stared at Atwood and

wasn’t confident at

question wasn’t only for Atwood. It was

to love you so much. She’ll

He wouldn’t have forgiven anyone who hurt him like

numb after sitting on the ground for so long. Stanford lost balance and almost fell. Atwood quickly helped Stanford, but Stanford shooed him away,

“Wait for me downstairs.”

take a shower and clean himself. He had to look at least decent to meet Amanda. Stanford

and exited

wrinkled shirt, and put on a formal black shirt. The shirt was initially well-fitted, but it seemed a little big for Stanford now. He slimmed down in just

conceal his exhaustion, but

living room. Atwood raised his head when he heard Stanford came

Atwood walked out of

in the living room. Then, he looked around. It was the place where Stanford and Amanda lived together for three

were too many memories