The Substitute Wife: My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire

Janet didn’t know what had happened. She was so engrossed in the movie that she didn’t notice when the ceiling started to shake. The next thing she knew, she was lying flat on the floor of the aisle underneath Ethan as the ceiling collapsed.

 To her horror, something heavy fell on Ethan and she heard a loud noise. Then it was pure chaos. The room fell into darkness. She could hear people’s screams and cries for help and Ethan’s heavy breathing. 

“Ethan, are you hurt?” she asked urgently.

 A faint smell of blood wafted in the air. Janet had no idea if it was Ethan’s or someone else’s. Having been hit just now, Et han had rolled down the stairs. Janet’s voice trembled as she fumbled for Ethan in the darkness. 

“Ethan?” She knew that he must’ve gotten hurt. She could hear his low, pained moans in the darkness.

However, after a few deep breaths, it became deathly silent. Janet couldn’t hear anything from the direction where Ethan was. Janet wanted to rush to his side, but a ceiling frame had inadvertently caged her. When she tried to stand up, her head hit the slate, causing a flurry of concrete powder to fall all over Janet’s face.

the powder and couldn’t stop

feel for her surroundings, Janet

there?” She shouted at the top of her lungs. Although there weren’t many other people watching this movie, she recalled at least a dozen other movie-goers in the cinema. But now, it was eerily quiet.

now had stopped. Perhaps the fallen ceiling had knocked them out. Without thinking too much, Janet

to navigate with her palms. Finally, she touched something that felt like knitted fabric. It had to be the

can you hear me?” Janet tapped him, but she

blood in the air was more intense now that she was near Ethan. When she reached out to touch his arm, her fingers sank into something sticky and warm. Her mind went blank. Suddenly, panic seized her. She took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself down. Then she placed her hand under Ethan’s nose to see if he was

She could still feel a faint breath coming from his nose. Next, Janet pressed her ear against Ethan’s chest. She could

hastily wiped the blood on her knees with her hands. Then she retraced her steps back

chandelier had fallen along with it. Consequently, the floor was covered in broken glass. Janet tried her best to