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

sleep early.

“Good night,” Joan whispered.

while Joan went to

She had no idea that

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. But it was

curiosity in her heart, Amanda headed to the

herself a glass of water

looked up

smiled, “I won’t

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

man was intelligent. He could always guess her

not married, but why did you adopt Nina? Most men wouldn’t

Nina, her body was covered in dirt. She was

like Thai people, but she was

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

officers were going to send her to

object this?” Amanda

been here for two days but had never once

of water. Then, he put the glass down slowly and said,

he

left him too and followed his mother to the after-world. His parents had

he had never

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

left him alone to guard

a touch of colour to his

his army uniform, but

a lot to do with the environment he grew