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.

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

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

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was still bleeding, and there was

to hear what Janet said. He frowned and struggled

raised his hand slowly, wiped away Janet’s tears, and said with difficulty, “Don’t

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