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 in just

They would be happy.

in a meagre voice, “I’ll use a

a

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

it in a daze, and all

he had already uncovered this, then let it be

they continued on their way, rocking

more days,

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

instantly tensed up, “Is it

and was always aware of

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

An avalanche.

had watched it on TV that an avalanche was enough to bury people

it was

ground shook once there was

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

was covered by an avalanche. It will take a while to

on to explain to Florence

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

were probably going to

car for a long time, and her body was a little

get out of the car and have

“Sure.”

draped the cold-protective clothing

already gotten used to the warm condition in the car

and put on her hood before getting out of the

whipping around as soon as she

It was cold.

and leaned

body gave her warmth while also helping

slowly. The road is slippery

Florence, walking on the inner side of the

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

were still steep and bottomless cliffs beside the

invisible abyss below the clouds just like

at the deep valley below her feet, Florence

there’s any chance of survival if

cliff and

“Leave it to fate.”

he said he wasn’t sure, then the

clung to Ernest a little tighter for fear