My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

Ernest looked at Florence with a sullen face, and his chest felt heavy.

He knew that what Florence said and did was all for his sake, to lighten his heart so that he wouldn’t feel guilty.

He had brought her to suffer all the way here, and he was already sad to see her suffer.

She had wholly abandoned the opportunity to be a mother because of him. Every time, whether it was with drugs or condoms, they were reminding each other of his drag.

Florence became more and more anxious seeing Ernest’s awful look.

What she feared most was that things would come to this point.

She grabbed his hand in panic and explained in a flustered tone.

“Ernest, I’m really fine. I don’t care. I came with you to look for the medicine as a trip. I’m still young and I don’t want a child now either.”

“Don’t overthink it, okay?”

She said the last sentence weakly and full of unease and panic.

Ernest’s heart couldn’t help but tighten.

He looked straight at her, and he felt his chest heavier and heartbroken.

“Florence.”

He called her name in a low voice.

Florence was nervous as she looked at him, “Yes?”

Ernest pursed his lips for a moment before speaking slowly.

His voice was deep and husky, “I’m not as fragile as you think. I’m your man. Just let me handle all of these.”

His large hand gripped her small hand back and squeezed it tightly in his palm.

“I’ll find the medicine as soon as possible. We’ll definitely have a child of our own in three years.”

It would only take three years.

Florence looked at Ernest in confusion, not expecting him to say such words.

But perhaps, this was all he could do to comfort her.

He pretended not to care, not to feel guilty, just to make her look forward to the promise for three years.

But it would still be brutal in his heart, right?

Florence suppressed it in her heart and nodded earnestly. Her voice was firm and choked.

“Alright!”

own child in

They would be happy.

grip, and he continued in a meagre voice, “I’ll

was a little

on it and just threw the contraceptive pill into the

and all the thoughts in her mind were

then let it be so

incident, they continued on their way, rocking

two more days, the

the shaking of the car didn’t stop. It swayed slightly, just like

instantly tensed up,

had his headset on and was always aware of the latest

said in a deep voice, “It’s fine. There was an avalanche not long ago up ahead. It’s

An avalanche.

watched it on TV that an avalanche was enough to bury

high, and it was white all around, with very thick

ground shook once there was an avalanche.

not that they drove past before the avalanche. Otherwise, all of them

by an avalanche. It

to explain to Florence

the vehicles in front had gotten out of their cars and were walking forward with various

were probably going

so happened that Florence had also been sitting in the car for a long time, and

of the

“Sure.”

the cold-protective

Florence had already gotten used to the warm condition in the car

clothes and put on her hood before getting

as soon as she

It was cold.

collar and leaned into Ernest’s

while also helping to shield her from most of the

is slippery

led Florence, walking on the inner side of

than the narrow mountain road they had crossed previously. At least two or three

steep and bottomless

the invisible abyss below the clouds just like a

deep valley below her feet, Florence asked

chance of survival if someone falls from

cliff and

“Leave it to fate.”

said he wasn’t sure, then the

little