The Substitute Wife: My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire

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. 

bit of

light from her phone, she crawled

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 on the ground. His wound was covered with dust and rubble. The space under the seat was too narrow, so Janet couldn’t reach him. She wanted to check his wound,

the coke into his mouth.

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

there was nothing she could do to stop it. Ethan seemed to hear what Janet said. He frowned and struggled to peel his eyes open. He raised his

that his eyes were open, she immediately pressed the cup of coke to his lips.

of Ethan’s lips. Only then did Janet notice how

Ethan’s eyebrows, and wiped the dust off his face. Time passed. Janet didn’t know when, but she had fallen asleep. She woke up to the sound of digging around her. She glanced