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

They would be happy.

a meagre

was a

chance to dwell on it and just threw the

it in a daze, and all the thoughts in

he had already uncovered this, then let

on their way, rocking in the

days, the

stopped, the shaking of the car

instantly tensed up,

had his headset on and was always aware of the latest

There was an avalanche not long ago up ahead. It’s

An avalanche.

watched it on TV that an avalanche

it was white all around, with

ground shook once there was

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

was covered by an avalanche. It will take

on to

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

going to open

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

of the car and have

“Sure.”

the

the warm condition in the

and put on her hood before getting

soon as she got out of

It was cold.

her collar and leaned

her warmth while also helping to shield

The road is slippery and

on the inner side of the

road here was wider than the narrow mountain road they had crossed previously.

and

roll into the invisible abyss below

her feet, Florence

there’s any chance of survival if someone

the cliff and pursed

“Leave it to fate.”

he wasn’t sure, then the chances of surviving

to Ernest a little tighter