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!”

own child in

They would be happy.

tightened his grip, and he continued in a meagre voice,

was a

to dwell on it and just threw the contraceptive pill into

a daze, and all the thoughts in her

this, then let

on their way,

days,

when they stopped, the shaking of the car didn’t

tensed up, “Is it an

and was always aware of the

fine. There was an

An avalanche.

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

high, and it was white all around, with

ground shook once there was an avalanche.

it happened before, not that they drove past before

avalanche. It will

to explain to

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

were probably going to open

the car for a

out of the car and

“Sure.”

and draped the cold-protective clothing on Florence’s

Florence had already gotten used to the warm condition in the car

changed into her winter clothes and put on her hood before

wind came whipping around as soon as she got out

It was cold.

collar and leaned into

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

is

the

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

there were still steep and bottomless cliffs beside the

he would roll into the invisible abyss below the clouds just like

at the deep valley below her feet, Florence asked in a

there’s any chance

looked at the cliff and pursed

“Leave it to fate.”

sure, then the chances of surviving were

a little tighter for