My Extraordinary Wife

“Honey? Honey?”

Ashlyn’s hands shook even more violently. She was already too lost in her own world.

Her lips were getting paler and her throat was getting drier by the second. She felt like she could see her mother.

“Mom, please take me with you. Dad hit me again today. I miss you, mom.”

“Mom.” She extended a hand to take her mom’s before throwing herself at her.

Don’t be afraid, Lyn. She heard her mother’s voice and saw the gentle smile on her face.

“Mom,” she sobbed as tears streamed down when she felt her mother’s tight hug around her.

Her mind was getting blurrier as time went by.

“Honey? Honey, are you still with me?” Lucas asked when he felt the tight clutches on his hands loosening slowly.

He quickly embraced her cold body. “Honey, can you hear me?” His tensed voice was filled with a trace of worry he didn’t even notice.

was silent as soon as his voice fell.

of maintenance staff arrived with their tools. “Is anyone inside?” one of them asked

hurriedly answered. “Please hurry open

that, the staff immediately started pounding and

to crack

ray of light finally illuminated the dark elevator. Lucas looked down to see Ashlyn, who had

its color at the sight. He had never been this scared before.

his gaze to the staff

elevator seemed to be stuck in place, though. It was difficult for them to widen

His voice trembled as a result of extreme worries and fear. He tightened his arms around

at this moment, they had successfully opened the

the unconscious Ashlyn and

own sweat from being inside the elevator for too

a lot of medical staff waiting outside the elevator. They surrounded Lucas when they saw the unconscious

the doctors started pacing back and forth. “Oxygenate her first,” uttered one

her on the hospital bed. Her face was still as pale as

was a mess as he gloomily stared at the