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

They would be happy.

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

was a little

it and just threw

daze, and all the thoughts

already uncovered this, then

incident, they continued on their way, rocking in the

two more days, the caravan

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

up, “Is

had his headset on and was always aware of the latest

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

An avalanche.

TV that an avalanche

here was very high, and it was white all

shook once there was

that they drove past before the avalanche. Otherwise, all of them would have been

It will take

to explain to Florence

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

were probably going to open the

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

the car and have a

“Sure.”

and draped the

already gotten used to the

changed into her winter clothes and put

as soon as

It was cold.

pulled up her collar and leaned into Ernest’s arms

her warmth while also helping to shield her

slowly. The road is slippery

the inner side

road they had crossed previously.

and

here, he would roll into the invisible abyss

the deep valley below her feet, Florence asked in a

any chance of survival if someone

looked at the cliff

“Leave it to fate.”

he said he wasn’t sure, then the

to Ernest a little tighter for