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

They would be happy.

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

a

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

it in a daze, and all the thoughts

uncovered this, then let it be so

continued on their way, rocking in the

days,

they stopped, the shaking of the car didn’t stop.

up, “Is it an

headset on and was

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

An avalanche.

that an avalanche

altitude here was very high, and it was white all

ground shook once there

past

avalanche. It will take a while to reopen the

on to

Florence looked ahead through the front window, she saw that almost all the people in the vehicles in front had gotten out of their cars and

probably going to

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

I get out of the car and have a

“Sure.”

draped the cold-protective clothing on

used to the warm condition in the

into her winter clothes and put on her hood

as soon as she got out of the

It was cold.

and leaned

while also helping to shield her

slowly. The road is slippery

led Florence, walking on the inner side

here was wider than the narrow mountain road they had crossed previously. At least two or three

there were still steep and bottomless cliffs

would roll into the invisible abyss below

deep valley below her feet,

there’s any chance of survival if someone falls

looked at the cliff and pursed his

“Leave it to fate.”

said he wasn’t sure, then the chances of

Ernest a little tighter