My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

It was quiet in the room of darkness. With the sound of the steady breath, it seemed everyone was sleeping soundly.

At midnight.

Ernest slowly opened his eyes. Looking at the darkness, he hesitated for a moment.

He slightly sat up and saw the muddled woman on the sofa through the darkness.

She was sleeping soundly.

In the past two nights, he couldn’t sleep tight because of the injury. Sometimes, he was thirty, and he would ask the nursing worker to pour the water for him. However, it was Florence taking care of him tonight...

He paused for a bit, then lifted his quilt gently without any hesitation, ready to get off from the bed.

However, as soon as he moved, the woman muffled, “What’s up?”

As she spoke, Florence got up from the sofa immediately. In the dark, she walked to Ernest.

Seeing that Ernest had sat up, she immediately stood in his way.

“Are you going to use the bathroom?”

In the dark, they couldn’t see each other’s face clearly, but Ernest gazed at her outline.

He was quite surprised. “Haven’t you fallen asleep yet?”

“Yes, I have.” Florence shook her head, wondering if she should turn on the light.

Ernest asked again, “How come you woke up, then? I remember you always sleep like a log.”

“You are injured. I dare not to sleep too soundly,” Florence answered quite naturally as if that was what she ought to be.

However, her answer shook Ernest’s heart. He looked at the woman in front incredibly.

He wondered if it meant that she cared about him.

Noticing that Ernest kept a long silence, Florence panicked. “What happened? Are you feeling not well? I’ll call the doctor over right now.”

As she spoke, Florence was ready to trot out of the ward, but her wrist was grabbed by his big and thick hand.

She was taken aback.

her in the darkness and said in

breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he didn’t feel any

“A moment, please. I’ll pour the water

glass of warm water from the mini-kitchen. She had put some water in the thermos cup in advance, which could keep the water warm for twelve hours.

to him and said, “Let me know

to look for the water in case she hadn’t

his heart was gently touched by a feather, which

a corner of the quilt that she just tucked him in and patted the space next

“Get in.”

at

“I’m a bit cold.”

guessed if he implied that he needed someone’s body

she said,

deep voice. “I can’t have anything heavy on me, which

I turn

quite dry, which is

Florence was speechless.

sense. Hence, her body temperature

the limited space next to

that she had a crush on him. When she was sharing the bed with him, she would think that he was taking advantage of her, and she could deal with it calmly. However, now she had known that she liked him if she would lie next to Ernest so

if there was a small motor in her

Ernest couldn’t read Florence’s expression, but he could feel that

eyes were dimmed in an instant. With a long face,

intended to pull the quilt

to. I

hesitating any longer, Florence hopped onto the

control. Her petite body clung to

pounced at him while he opened his arms, it looked as if he was

the familiar scent with a slight smell of the medicine, the

too much and muttered like a mosquito, “I...

the narrow edge of the bed, the man’s arm suddenly fell and wrapped around her

deep voice above her

didn’t dare to move immediately. Her

she almost could hear Ernest’s heartbeat, which was steady and powerful. However, it

tense that her heart was hammering, so she also mistook that his heartbeat

her blushed face, she lowered her head as if she were a cooked shrimp. She felt more