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 child

They would be happy.

he continued in a meagre

was a little

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

at it in a daze, and all the

already uncovered this, then let it be so

continued on their

two more days,

of the car didn’t stop. It swayed slightly, just like an

instantly tensed up, “Is it

had his headset on and was always aware of the

There was an avalanche not long ago up ahead. It’s

An avalanche.

on TV that an avalanche was

altitude here was very high, and it was white all around, with very

there

drove past before the avalanche. Otherwise, all

by an avalanche. It

on to explain

window, she saw that almost all the people in the vehicles in front had gotten out of their cars and were

going

the car for a long time, and her

the car and

“Sure.”

and draped the cold-protective clothing on

the past ten days, Florence had already gotten used to the warm condition in the car and the

put

came whipping around as soon as

It was cold.

collar and leaned into Ernest’s

warmth while also helping to

is slippery and

on the inner side of

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

there were still steep and bottomless cliffs beside

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

valley below her feet, Florence asked in

think there’s any chance of survival

at the cliff and

“Leave it to fate.”

then

Ernest a little tighter for fear of