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 just three

They would be happy.

in a meagre voice, “I’ll use

a little

it

at it in a daze, and all the thoughts in her

this, then let it

this incident, they continued on their way, rocking in the

more days,

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

instantly tensed up, “Is

his headset on and was always

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

An avalanche.

had watched it on TV that an avalanche was enough

very high, and it was white all around, with

there

before, not that they drove past before the avalanche. Otherwise, all of

ahead was covered by an avalanche. It will take a while

went on to explain to Florence

the vehicles in front had gotten out of their cars and were

probably going to

also been sitting in the car for

out of the

“Sure.”

nodded readily and draped the

the warm condition in the car and the cold winter

her winter clothes and put on her hood before getting out

wind came whipping around as soon as she

It was cold.

and

gave her warmth while also helping

road is slippery and

the inner side of

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

there were still steep and

fall from here, he would roll into the invisible abyss below the clouds just like a ball on a slippery

at the deep valley below her

there’s any chance of survival

at the cliff and pursed

“Leave it to fate.”

he said he wasn’t sure, then

to Ernest a little tighter