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.

continued in a meagre voice, “I’ll use a condom next

a

her a chance to dwell on it and just threw the contraceptive pill into

a daze, and all the

he had already uncovered this, then let it be so to

on their way, rocking in

days, the

of the car didn’t stop. It

tensed up, “Is

his headset on and was always aware

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

An avalanche.

had watched it on TV that an avalanche was enough to

and it was white all around, with

there

it happened before, not that they drove past before the avalanche.

covered by an avalanche. It will take a while to

to explain to Florence

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

going

sitting in the car for a long time, and her body

out of the

“Sure.”

nodded readily and draped the cold-protective clothing on

gotten used to the warm condition in

changed into her winter clothes and put on

as soon as she got out

It was cold.

collar and leaned into Ernest’s arms

warmth while also helping to shield her from

The road is slippery

walking on the inner side of the

had crossed

there were still steep and bottomless cliffs beside the

fall from here, he would roll into the invisible abyss below the clouds just like a ball

the deep valley below her feet, Florence

do you think there’s any chance of survival

cliff

“Leave it to fate.”

then the chances

to Ernest a little tighter for