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.”

a faint smile on his face. He couldn’t retort

night and sleep early. I’ll take

“Good night,” Joan whispered.

closed the door, while Joan

that Amanda woke up in the middle of the night at

why Joan, an unmarried man would adopt her instead of sending her to the orphanage. If he was married, had a wife and children, then this wouldn’t have

heart, Amanda headed to

poured herself a glass of water and sat

looked up

“I

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

that this man was intelligent. He could always guess

but why did you adopt Nina? Most men wouldn’t do

replied simply. The first time he saw Nina, her body was covered in

people, but she was different. Plus, she was

They asked her about her parents, but she said her parents

officers were going to send her to

your family object this?” Amanda

had been here for two days but had

put the

what he was

followed his mother to the after-world. His parents had always been in

Joan could remember, he had

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

left him alone to guard

added a touch of colour to his

his army uniform, but he was a

lot to do with the environment he grew up