My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

“I am actually being serious here.”

Florence declared as she went on to unbutton Ernest’s patient gown. The serious look on her face seemed to tell everyone that she was ready to take over all of the doctor’s jobs from this point on.

Ernest felt a transformation happened on his facial expression. He didn’t want Florence to get spooked by his injury in the first place, which was why he didn’t want her to see it. Despite that, if she was going to apply medication directly for him, that would mean she would be scrutinizing his wound carefully.

With a helplessness welling up within him, Ernest reached out and grabbed Florence’s wrist.

“You just stand by there. The doctors would do it for me.”

Seeing that Ernest finally complied to getting treatment, Florence staggered backwards to allow space for the doctors.

She then announced, “I will do some chores around here.”

Ernest said with a helpless tone, “You don’t need to do that. Just sit down.”

“But I want to do something for you.”

Florence stood beside the medical rack as she passed all the essential items needed by the doctor to him in a frenzy.

With how she was handling those things, it felt like she was familiar with the procedures here.

A faint glow flashed in Ernest’s eyes. It was not like he didn’t realize Florence’s devotion to him, he just knew why Florence had been being so hardworking.

During this period of time, Ernest always used an excuse ordering Florence to buy breakfast in his attempt to avoid letting her lay eyes on his injury. Florence would happily go along with it.

However, she was just standing not far away today, which gave her the chance to get a good look of his injuries.

At the sight of his injuries, her heart shrank very fast.

She had prepared herself mentally many times, but when the time arrived for her to see them with her own eyes, Florence couldn’t help feeling a jabbing pain in her heart. Tears seemed to be threatening to break free of her eyes.

There was no way Ernest could feign being not in any sort of pain with that kind of grave injuries on him.

Ernest studied Florence’s expression and his brows knitted slightly. His low voice came, “If you are having a hard time watching it, then don’t look.”

“I—I am fine. I have no problem with it.”

Florence gnashed her teeth as she forced a smile.

smile looked more like she

able to see that she cared about him

that she wouldn’t have feelings for him, yet why

he mean to her, deep

pass us the

physician turned to look at Florence as

reality as she answered,

immediately fetched an ointment from a rack, but instead of the regular one, she swapped it with the one Collin had given

which gave the impression that it was the regular medicine they were going to

over for usage would be inspected carefully by someone, but because it was Florence who was doing this, the main physician immediately

ointment in his hands and his grip inadvertently tightened. A nervous look crept into

was nothing short of a

the chance to use it. This occurrence here would be the most brilliant happenstance in his history

he couldn’t goad about it to outsiders. He could only use this in

very careful as he made sure not a drop of that magical ointment was wasted. He carefully applied it

that medicine and something heavy was

as long as

physician made sure to tend to his wound completely before returning it to Florence. She then stealthily hid that from sight.

other medicines present here would be discarded completely. A new set of medicine would be ready for tomorrow’s session.

was the sole medicine Collin had given her. There was no replacement

first time Florence was doing something as shady as this. When Ernest had gone

waved his hand at her, “Come

a sudden pull

handkerchief and slowly and gently wiped

doing some chores, yet you look like you have done too much. Are you just weak, or did you

blushed at the notion of his suspicion, and she was feeling

argued nervously, “That’s not it. I am just… It’s just that… I am not so familiar with everything since

that you will be here every

“Yes.”

was the only way she could swap the medicines.

her, and his eyes looked complicated and depthless. He only uttered some words softly after some time, “Do you

“Of course!”

nodded with certainty, and her eyes were full of urgency

hoped for Ernest to make a speedy recovery more than anyone. She wanted him to feel less pain.

dark. He didn’t want to think of

was behaving in such a way because she was too worried