The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

The air was thick with dust.

Janet licked her chapped lips.

It had been several hours since the ceiling collapsed. She had turned off her cellphone to save its battery. She only turned it on to check the time occasionally.

Last she checked, it was already eight o’clock in the evening. She and Ethan had arrived at the cinema at around two o’clock. Six hours had passed.

Her stomach kept grumbling, reminding her of how hungry she was.

She was used to having meals on time, so naturally, she was quite hungry by now.

The popcorn Ethan had bought was now mixed with dust and pieces of the ceiling.

She picked out the clean popcorn and ate it to calm her angry stomach.

The coke had also spilled. The brown liquid was all over the floor.

“There’s a bit left!”

Janet’s eyes lit up. She was lucky. There was a bit of coke left in the cup.

Using the light from her phone, she crawled back to Ethan.

slab of slate on Ethan’s body. One side of the slab had pierced into his body. Blood trickled down along his body, forming a pool of blood

rubble. The space under the seat was too narrow, so Janet couldn’t reach him. She wanted to check his wound, but she couldn’t see it

would lose too much blood, Janet held his

unconscious. The coke she poured simply spilled out from the corner

you can, please drink…” Janet was choked with sobs. Tears rolled down

still bleeding, and there was nothing she could do

Janet said. He frowned and struggled to peel

hand slowly, wiped away Janet’s tears, and said with

Janet saw that his eyes were open, she immediately pressed the cup of coke

when the rescue team will come.

smile tugged at the corners of Ethan’s lips. Only then did Janet notice how pale his lips were. She couldn’t tell if he had heard what

Ethon’s eyebrows, ond wiped the

when, but she hod follen

to the sound of digging

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of light shot out in the dorkness. Jonet hod to

you okoy?” A rescuer osked wormly, reoching

up in her eyes. She refused to

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then did she see o deep gosh

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