My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

After the rain, Florence was on fever. She was in a coma, lying on the bed.

Occasionally, she opened her eyes, but she was still dizzy. Blinking her blurred eyes, she sometimes asked for water and sometimes called Ernest’s name.

Her voice was fragile and weak, but it was full of endless sorrow.

Whenever Victoria visited her, she would shed her tears in secret.

Alexander patted her on her shoulders and comforted her.

“Please don’t cry, Victoria. We have Collin. Flory will get well soon.”

Victoria’s eyes were reddened. In front of Alexander, her aggressiveness had turned to endless worry and weakness.

She said between sobs, “It’s me who makes Flory suffer so much. It’s my fault.”

“No, it’s not your fault. You’ve done it for Flory’s good.”

Alexander stroked her back and helped her breathe. He said tenderly, “When Flory gets well, she will understand us. In this world, who else would love her more than her mother?”

With the mother’s love, Victoria tried every means to smooth the future path for Florence, getting rid of all difficulties.

She was willing to do it even she had known that Florence would blame her and hate her.

Alexander understood Victoria’s sorrow very much as well as the reasons why she had persistent to do so.

Pressing her head on Alexander’s shoulder, Victoria whispered, “I’ve been watching the battle between Stanny and Ernest Hawkins. I know that Ernest Hawkins has had mercy on Stanny, so he was forced to the end. I’ve ever considered that if he could risk his life to stay, probably...”

“If even he could risk his life to stay, you would give him the chance out of compassion instead of approval,” Alexander interrupted her words in a low voice, “Then, in the end, you would look down upon Ernest Hawkins. You couldn’t accept this son-in-law at all.”

“But he’s gone now. He has lost the right to marry Florence in his life already.”

Victoria’s voice became colder.

That was the penalty for Ernest - a sentence to death.

Alexander heaved a sigh and whispered, “It’s not a bad thing, though. Flory will recover eventually as long as we are by her side.”

…

Florence had a pretty long dream. She was immersed in the dream. From time to time, she could meet Ernest and felt his warmth, which drowned her and made her unwilling to wake up.

“Ernest...

Florence muttered in a low voice

her blurred eyes looked as if she

out, trying to grab

hand was approaching

Florence seemed to finally grab a floating log in the

the man’s deep and soft voice rang

the voice. Dizzily, she saw

It was him.

It was Ernest.

come here until now?

from her eyes,

was taken aback for a moment. Then he gripped Florence’s hand

heart will be broken for

as you’re here,”

grab the man, she sat up on

much strength but

Don’t leave me alone

sounded so pitiful as if

was scared. The darkness when Ernest wasn’t with her almost had dragged

Florence in his

tenderly and dotingly, “Okay.

“Okay!”

tearful face was full of satisfying

door, when Stanford

hugging each other in the room, a touch of fierceness flashing through

too bright that Stanford couldn’t take another step forward at

already. In the past few

so rare but

been longing to guard since the

After a long while, he pressed his thin lips, turned around, and walked

felt a

seemed to be a

Benjamin was still there. He

be willing to stay in Benjamin’s arms and smiling, Stanford believed that

went, the fastest way to forget