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!”

have their own child in just

They would be happy.

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

was a

didn’t give her a chance to dwell on it and just threw the contraceptive

at it in a daze, and all the thoughts in

he had already uncovered this, then let it be

on their way, rocking in the

days, the

of the car didn’t

instantly tensed up, “Is it an

was always

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

An avalanche.

that an avalanche was

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

ground shook once there was an avalanche.

happened before, not that they drove past before

by an avalanche. It will take a while to reopen

on to

the people in the vehicles in front had gotten out of their

were probably going

car for a

I get out of the car and have

“Sure.”

nodded readily and draped the cold-protective clothing

gotten used to the warm condition

clothes and put on her hood before getting

whipping around as soon as she got

It was cold.

her collar and

her warmth while also helping to shield her from most of the

road is slippery and

on the inner side of the

mountain road they had

still steep and bottomless cliffs

were to fall from here, he would roll into the invisible

the deep valley below her feet,

any chance of survival if

looked at the cliff and

“Leave it to fate.”

wasn’t sure, then

a little tighter