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 just three

They would be happy.

grip, and he continued in a meagre voice, “I’ll

was a

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

daze, and all the thoughts in her mind were

this, then let it be so to

they continued on their way, rocking

days,

car didn’t stop. It swayed slightly,

up, “Is

and was always aware

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

An avalanche.

TV that an avalanche was enough to

was white all around, with very thick piles of

once there was

that they drove past before the avalanche. Otherwise, all of

an avalanche. It will take a while to reopen the

went on to explain to

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

were probably going to open

also been sitting in the car for a long time, and her body was a little sore

the car and have

“Sure.”

the

gotten used to the warm

her winter clothes and put on her hood before getting

whipping around as soon as

It was cold.

collar and leaned into Ernest’s

while also helping to shield her from most of

road is slippery and

led Florence, walking on the

the narrow mountain road they had crossed previously. At least

there were still steep and bottomless cliffs beside the

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

valley below her feet, Florence asked

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

cliff and

“Leave it to fate.”

he said he wasn’t sure, then

to Ernest a little tighter for fear