The Expectation Interest. Identify the Expectation. That expectation peculiar to the individual party to the contract in question 3. If yes then recovery is available. If no then recovery is not available.
Contemplation exists as a matter of law.
There is a rebuttable presumption of contemplation. The aggrieved party must establish that the party in default had reason to know of the existence of the expectation. As an estimate of damages which are uncertain at the time of contracting. In light of actual Losses. If the aggrieved party can establish the value of the lost expectation with a reasonable degree of certainty, then recovery is available.