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.

tightened his grip, and he continued in a meagre voice, “I’ll use a condom next

was a little

her a chance to dwell on it and just threw the contraceptive pill

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

then let it

continued on their way, rocking in

more days, the

of the car didn’t stop. It swayed

tensed up, “Is

headset on and was always aware

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

An avalanche.

watched it on TV that an

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

ground shook once there

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

It will take a

on to explain to Florence

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

probably going to open the

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

I get out of the car and have a

“Sure.”

draped the cold-protective clothing on Florence’s

days, Florence had already gotten used to the warm condition in the

clothes and put on her hood before getting out of the

soon as she got out

It was cold.

pulled up her collar and leaned

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

road is slippery

walking on the inner side of

they had crossed previously. At least two or

and bottomless cliffs beside the

to fall from here, he would roll into the invisible abyss below the clouds just like a ball

valley below her feet, Florence asked

do you think there’s any chance of survival if someone

looked at the cliff and

“Leave it to fate.”

then the chances

Ernest a little tighter