Convenient Marriage: Mr. Nelson's Love Trap

The plane flew over the sky. Only a white trail left behind it.
Amanda didn’t tell anyone that she came back. She didn’t even tell Joshua who she contacted the most.
Amanda got her parents’ address, so she headed straight to their place right after she got off the plane.
It was already night time when Amanda got off the plane. She felt a little exhausted as she hadn’t got a good rest for a whole
day. Amanda dealt with Stanford then she flew here directly after that. It was a tiring journey.
Amanda made her itinerary this packed on purpose.
She wanted to look exhausted so that her parents wouldn’t blame her or be mad at her.
Amanda was betting that her parents would feel sorry to see her looking pale and exhausted. That way, they might forget what
Amanda did before.
Soon, the cab stopped. Amanda paid the driver and got out of the cab. The car stopped in front of a river. She needed to take a
boat to cross the river. There was a bridge, but it was a little far away. Amanda didn’t want to walk further anymore.
Amanda took a look at her watch. It was around eight o’clock at night. The boats were still operating. Amanda came here before,
so she knew what time the boats stopped operating.
However, it seemed like there was an unexpected event going on. There weren’t any boats on the river.
Amanda stood by the river and thought, “I’ve made a mistake.”
She sighed and decided to walked to the bridge to cross the river. It was tiring but still better than standing by the river waiting for
a boat that could possibly not arriving.
A neat lawn and banana trees were growing beside the river. The place was much warmer here.
Usually, it wasn’t warm by this time of the year in Z Country, but it was different here.
Amanda was getting nearer to the bridge, and she was already sweating.
Amanda found a place to sit down and got some rest. She took out her plane, but she suddenly remembered Stanford’s face.
Amanda felt a sting in her heart.

No matter how calm Amanda might look, but she can’t wipe away the feeling she had for Stanford. She loved him for three
years. No, it was much earlier. Amanda fell in love with Stanford before she was married to him. She wouldn’t marry Stanford if
she didn’t love him in the first place.
Amanda had given her best. All of her courage and sincerity. However, it didn’t end well.
Amanda wanted to scroll her phone at first, but now she didn’t feel like it anymore. She shook her head and tried to shake away
all the bad memories.
Stanford won’t appear in her life anymore.
When Amanda was about to stand up and leave, she saw something moving in the bush. Amanda walked over and looked into
the bushes under the street lights. She saw a poodle with a brown curly coat staring at her with its round eyes. It had a red collar
on its neck. The poodle seemed like it was owned by someone and it ran out of its house.
Amanda stroked its head, “You’re so cute.”
Amanda used to have a dog. The one she had was a big dog, and it had a white coat of fur. It was much bigger than a poodle.
Amanda stopped having dogs after her dog passed away because of old age.
She didn’t like the sorrow when facing death.
Amanda carried the dog out of the bush, “Where’s your owner?”
The little poodle was tame. It didn’t struggle, and it was friendly. The little poodle even wanted to hid in Amanda’s arms. Amanda
laughed, “You’re such a baby. Aren’t you scared of being kidnapped away from your owner?”
“Okeydokey,” a sound of a child rose. The little poodle barked and got off from Amanda’s arms, then ran towards the little girl
standing nearby.
The little girl looked like she was around four to five years old. She wore a white puffy dress, and she braided her hair. Amanda
could see the features of her face under the street lights. The little girl’s eyes were bright and clear, and she was fair. In fact,
people in Thailand weren’t generally fair, but the little girl was different. She was fair and looked like a mixed-race. The little girl
was holding a chain. She carried the little poodle and stroked its head. Then, she told the little poodle, “Where have you gone?
I’ve been looking for you everywhere.”

Then, the little girl raised her head and looked at Amanda.
Amanda wasn’t familiar with the language they used in T Country. She could understand some simple sentences, and that was
it.
Amanda tried her best and asked the little girl with the language she wasn’t familiar with, “Is it your puppy?”
The little girl didn’t answer Amanda’s question, “Who are you? Why are you carrying Okeydokey?”
Amanda felt like she couldn’t communicate with the little girl. Mostly because she couldn’t understand what the little girl said, and
she was in a rush.
Amanda smiled at the little girl and gave her a hand signal saying that her puppy was cute. Then, Amanda left the place.
The little girl stared at Amanda and blinked her eyes. She squatted down and put the chain on the poodle’s collar, “Let’s go
home.”
Then, the little girl followed behind Amanda.
Amanda realized that the little girl was following her, but she didn’t say anything. After a while, the little girl was still following
Amanda. So, Amanda stopped. She looked at the little girl and asked, “Where’s your family?”
Amanda could only use sign language when asking the little girl as Amanda couldn’t speak her language.
The sign language was messy, but the little girl got what Amanda meant. She pointed at a big mansion across the river, “My
house.”
Amanda understood what the little girl meant. The little girl also lived across the river.
But it was already night time. Wouldn’t her family be worried to let her wandering around at such a late hour?
Amanda walked over, “Let me hold you.”
Amanda also needed to cross the river. Why not send the little girl back home as well?
The little girl wasn’t shy at all, just like her poodle. She let Amanda held her hands.
Amanda thought, “What an unguarded child. What if I’m a bad person?”

The little girl’s parents were so irresponsible.
When they arrived at the bridge, the little girl stopped. “Tired,” said the little girl.
Amanda looked at her and remained silent.
She didn’t speak the little girl’s language. So, she didn’t understand what the little girl meant.
Amanda decided to keep quiet.
The little girl hugged Amanda’s thigh and held her hand, “Carry.”
Amanda felt speechless.