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!”

their own child

They would be happy.

in a meagre voice,

was a little

on it and just threw

at it in a daze, and all the thoughts in her mind

this, then let it be so to use

continued on their way, rocking in the

two more days,

shaking of the car didn’t

instantly tensed up, “Is

his headset on and was always aware of the latest

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

An avalanche.

an avalanche was enough to

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

shook once there was an avalanche.

was lucky that it happened before, not that they drove past before the avalanche. Otherwise, all

road ahead was covered by an avalanche. It will take a

on to explain to Florence

through the front window, she saw that almost all the people in the vehicles in front had gotten out of

probably going to open

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

of the car and have

“Sure.”

readily and draped the

the past ten days, Florence had already gotten used to the

clothes and put on her hood before getting out

soon as she got

It was cold.

and leaned

also helping to shield her from most of the cold

is

led Florence, walking on the inner side of the

here was wider than the narrow mountain road they had crossed previously. At least two or three people could stand on

were still steep and bottomless cliffs beside the

the invisible abyss below the clouds

the deep valley below her feet,

chance of survival if

looked at the cliff and pursed

“Leave it to fate.”

wasn’t sure, then the chances of

little