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 child in just three

They would be happy.

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

a little

to dwell on it and just threw the contraceptive pill into

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

had already uncovered this, then let it be

they continued on their

more days, the

car didn’t

up,

had his headset on and was always aware of the latest

an avalanche

An avalanche.

TV that an avalanche was

it was white all around, with very

ground shook once there was an

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

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

went on to explain to

the people in the vehicles in front

going to open

that Florence had also been sitting in the car for a long time, and

out of the car and have

“Sure.”

and draped the cold-protective

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

put on her

soon as she got out of the

It was cold.

her collar and

helping

road is slippery and

on the inner side

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

steep and bottomless

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

at the deep valley below her feet,

you think there’s any chance of

at the cliff and pursed his

“Leave it to fate.”

he said he wasn’t sure, then the chances of surviving

to Ernest a little tighter for fear of