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!”

have their own

They would be happy.

and he continued in a meagre

was a

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

looked at it in a daze, and all the thoughts

uncovered this, then let it be

this incident, they continued on their

more days,

the car didn’t stop. It swayed slightly,

instantly tensed up, “Is it

on and was always aware of the latest

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

An avalanche.

that an avalanche was enough to

it was

shook once there was an avalanche.

they drove past

It will take a while to

went on to explain to Florence

that almost all the people in the vehicles in front had gotten out of their

going to open the

also been sitting in the car for

get out of the car and

“Sure.”

draped the

had already gotten used to the warm condition

winter clothes and put on her hood before getting out of the

cold wind came whipping around as soon as she got

It was cold.

and leaned

tall body gave her warmth while also helping to shield her from most

is slippery and

on the inner side of the

narrow mountain road they had crossed previously. At least two

still steep and bottomless cliffs

the invisible abyss below the clouds just like a ball on

deep valley below her feet,

there’s any chance of survival if someone

the cliff

“Leave it to fate.”

wasn’t sure, then the chances of

to Ernest a little tighter for fear