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!”

would have their own child in just

They would be happy.

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

a little

dwell on it

looked at it in a daze, and all the thoughts

had already uncovered this, then let it be

this incident, they continued on their way,

two more days,

shaking of the car didn’t stop. It

up, “Is it

and was always aware of

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

An avalanche.

that an avalanche was enough

it was white all around, with

shook once there was

lucky that it happened before, not that they drove past before the avalanche. Otherwise, all of them

was covered by an avalanche. It will take a while to reopen the

to

almost all the people in the vehicles in front had gotten out of their

probably going to

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

of the car and have

“Sure.”

the

had already gotten used to the

quickly changed into her winter clothes and put on her hood before getting

as soon as

It was cold.

up her collar and leaned

also helping to shield her from most of the cold

The road is slippery and

Florence, walking on the inner

the narrow mountain road they had

and

into the invisible abyss below the clouds just

below her feet,

there’s any chance of survival if someone falls from

looked at the cliff and

“Leave it to fate.”

wasn’t sure, then the chances of surviving were not

little tighter for fear of