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

He pushed the door open, but there was no one in there.

The bed was empty.

Joan wasn’t surprised, as if he expected Nina to not be in here. He turned and walked towards Amanda’s room, but when he arrived at the door, he realized that it was already too late. He put his hand down and did not disturb their sleep.

“You’re back?”

When Joan turned around, the door opened. Amanda was standing there.

She was a light sleep in foreign places, so she woke up when she heard noises outside the door.

“Did I wake you up?” Joan turned, “You can’t rest well here?”

Amanda looked down, using her silence to admit to his questions.

Even if she was fatigued, she couldn’t sleep well in an unfamiliar place.

“Is your leg better now?” As he said, his gaze averted to her ankle.

Amanda subconsciously moved her leg behind, “Yeah, it’s not swollen anymore. It doesn’t hurt too.”

“Thanks for taking care of Nina for me.”

“Didn’t you take me in too?” Amanda smiled, “Have you eaten?”

He said no.

Sally had already prepared the food and came over, “Sir, dinner is served.”

“Join me for dinner?” He invited, “It’s time for supper anyway.”

Amanda smiled and said, “There’s a tradition back in my country. We should sleep when the time is up and not disturb other people’s rest. And now, it’s time for bed, so I’m afraid I can’t join you.”

his face. He

sleep early. I’ll

“Good night,” Joan whispered.

the door, while Joan went to the

was sleeping soundly on the bed. She had no idea that Amanda woke up in the middle

an unmarried man would adopt her instead of sending her to the orphanage. If he was married, had a wife and children, then this wouldn’t have seemed so strange.

curiosity in her heart, Amanda headed to

herself a glass of water

looked up at

smiled, “I won’t

a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth. He asked her, “You have

that this man was intelligent. He could always guess her

She pursed her lips before continuing, “You’re not married, but why did you adopt

body was covered in dirt. She was brought here by traffickers. Together with another few children, they

Thai people, but she was different. Plus, she was calm and even thanked

asked her about her parents, but

police officers were going to

object

days but had never once

water. Then, he put the glass down slowly and said, “They’re

he was feeling, “My mother passed

long after his mother passed on, his father left him too and followed his mother to the after-world. His parents

could remember, he had never seen

family. If there were any shortcomings, it had to be that his parents only had one child and that they passed

left him alone to guard

touch of colour to

looked serious in his army uniform, but he

had a lot to do with the environment he grew up