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.”

faint smile on his face.

early. I’ll take

“Good night,” Joan whispered.

closed the door, while Joan went to

no idea that Amanda

he was married,

her heart, Amanda

herself a glass of water

up

smiled, “I won’t

done, he picked up a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth. He asked her, “You have questions for

thought that this man was intelligent. He

her lips before continuing, “You’re not married, but why did you adopt Nina? Most men wouldn’t

raise her.” Joan replied simply. The first time he saw Nina, her body was covered in dirt. She was brought here by traffickers. Together with another few children, they were nestling at the corner of a roughly

noticed that the other children looked like Thai people, but she was different. Plus, she was calm

behind. They asked her about

officers were going to send her to

family object

here for two days but had never once seen

he put the glass down slowly and said, “They’re not around

tell what he was feeling, “My

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

remember, he had

any shortcomings, it had to be that his parents only had one child and

alone to guard this huge

touch of colour to

in his army uniform, but he was a warm

lot to do with the environment he grew