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.”

his face. He couldn’t

night and sleep early. I’ll take care of

“Good night,” Joan whispered.

Joan went

She had no idea that Amanda

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 unusual for an unmarried man

Amanda headed

a glass

looked up

smiled, “I

done, he picked up a napkin and wiped the corners

thought that this man was intelligent. He could always guess

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

he noticed that the other children looked like Thai people, but she was different. Plus, she was calm and even thanked those who rescued

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

were going to send her

your family object this?”

here for two days but had never once seen

took a sip of water. Then, he put the glass down slowly and said, “They’re

not tell what he

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

Joan could remember, he had

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

to guard

touch of colour to

in his army uniform, but he was

with the environment he grew up