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!”

would have their own child in

They would be happy.

his grip, and he continued in a

a little

to dwell on it and just threw the contraceptive pill into the

daze, and all the thoughts in her mind were

this, then let it be

they continued on their

days,

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

tensed up, “Is

headset on and was always aware of

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

An avalanche.

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

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

once there

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

by an avalanche. It will take

went on to explain

she saw that almost all the people in the vehicles in front had gotten out of their cars and

going

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

of the car

“Sure.”

readily and draped the

the past ten days, Florence had already gotten used to the warm condition in the car and

winter clothes and put on her hood before getting out of

cold wind came whipping around as soon as

It was cold.

collar and leaned

while also helping to shield her from most of the cold

road is slippery and wonky

on the

road they had crossed previously. At least two or three people could

and bottomless cliffs beside the

would roll into the invisible abyss below the clouds just like a ball on a slippery

deep valley below her feet, Florence asked in a low

chance of survival if someone

looked at the cliff and pursed

“Leave it to fate.”

he wasn’t sure, then the chances of surviving

clung to Ernest a little tighter for fear