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.”

quickly contacted Atwood after

go upstairs and check on Stanford.

some water when he felt thirsty, but Stanford had been hiding upstairs for more than a day without eating or

Atwood was worried.

called to tell us that Ms. Flores came back and she needs to see Mr. James. Do you know where Mr. James

came back?” Atwood

the only one

was startled by the excited tone Atwood displayed over the phone,

got the message. Ask her to come to the office.

“Sure.”

up the phone. He saw Stanford sitting on the ground with a piece of paper in

was stunned by the

had never seen Stanford looking like this

into the room softly. He

repeated, “Mrs. James came

much earlier,

he didn’t even dare to

to her

at Atwood and asked, “Do

wasn’t confident

Atwood.

you so much. She’ll give you a chance

of what Atwood said. He wouldn’t have forgiven anyone who hurt

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.”

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

nodded and exited the

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

his best to conceal his exhaustion, but he couldn’t cover up the miserable

standing in the living room. Atwood raised his head when he heard Stanford

Atwood walked out

living room. Then, he looked

many memories in