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

They would be happy.

continued in a meagre

a

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

and

uncovered this, then let it be so to use

they continued on their way, rocking in the

more days, the caravan

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

tensed up, “Is it an

had his headset on and was always aware of the

in a deep voice, “It’s fine. There was an

An avalanche.

an

it was white all around, with very thick

ground shook once there was an

drove past before the avalanche. Otherwise, all of them would have been

ahead was covered by an avalanche. It will take a

to

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

were probably going to open

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

the car and have

“Sure.”

and draped the cold-protective clothing

already gotten used to the warm condition in the car and the cold

changed into her winter clothes and put on her hood before

wind came whipping around as soon as she got out of

It was cold.

pulled up her collar and leaned into

body gave her warmth while also helping to shield

road is slippery and

walking on the inner

they had crossed previously. At least

still steep and bottomless cliffs beside

invisible abyss below the clouds just

deep valley below her feet,

think there’s any chance of survival

at the cliff and

“Leave it to fate.”

said he wasn’t sure, then the chances of

little tighter for fear