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.”

smile on his face. He

early.

“Good night,” Joan whispered.

door, while Joan

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

stood by the bed, curious as to why Joan, an unmarried man would adopt her instead of sending her to the orphanage. If he was married, had a

Amanda

herself a glass of water and

looked up at

smiled, “I

Once he was done, he picked up a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth.

intelligent.

before continuing, “You’re not married, but

he saw Nina, her body was covered in dirt. She was brought here by traffickers. Together with another few children, they were nestling at

like Thai people, but she was different. Plus, she was calm and even thanked those who rescued

behind. They asked her about her parents, but she said her parents passed away and she was an

going to send

your family object this?” Amanda

two days but had

took a sip of water. Then, he put the glass down slowly

tell what he was feeling, “My mother

him too and followed his mother to the after-world. His parents had always been in love

he had never seen his

If there were any shortcomings, it had to be that his parents only had one

to guard this huge

added a touch of colour

serious in his army uniform, but he

had a lot to do with the environment he