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 couldn’t retort

and sleep early. I’ll take care of

“Good night,” Joan whispered.

the door, while Joan went to the

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

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 man to adopt a

Amanda headed to the dining

a glass of

looked up at

“I won’t

continued to eat. Once he was done, he picked up a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth. He asked her, “You have questions

man was intelligent. He could always guess

married, but why did

reason. I just wanted to raise her.” Joan replied simply. The first time he saw Nina, her body was covered in dirt. She was brought here by traffickers.

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

the children were brought home, she was left behind. They asked her about her parents, but

officers were going to send her to

object this?” Amanda

been here for two days but had never once seen

Then, he put the glass down slowly

not tell what he was feeling, “My mother passed away from

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

remember, he had

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

alone to guard this huge

touch of

army uniform, but

to do with the environment he grew up