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. He couldn’t retort

night and sleep early. I’ll

“Good night,” Joan whispered.

while Joan went to the dining

idea that Amanda woke up in the middle of

of sending her to the orphanage. If he was married, had a wife and children, then this wouldn’t have seemed so strange. But it was unusual for an unmarried

her heart, Amanda headed to the

a glass

up

smiled, “I

picked up a napkin and wiped the corners of

was intelligent. He could always

lips before continuing, “You’re not married, but why did

covered in dirt. She was brought here by traffickers. Together with another

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

children were brought home, she was left behind. They asked her about her parents, but she said her parents passed away and she was an

were going to send her to the

family object

for two days but

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

he was feeling, “My

too and followed his mother to the after-world. His

remember, he had never seen his

grew up in a warm and loving family. If there were any shortcomings, it had to be that his parents only had one child and that they

him alone to

of colour

his army uniform, but he was a warm

had a lot to do with the environment he grew up