The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride (Ethan and Janet)
Chapter 389 Still Trapped Up There

Janet's heart skipped a beat and jumped into her throat when she heard the noise.

Ethan gritted his teeth. Blue veins stood out on his arms because of the overexertion. He courageously endured the severe burning sensation engulfing every fiber of his back while he slowly loosened the rope and helped her down.

It was still a fifteen-floor drop from where she was hanging and it was bone chilling.

As time ticked by quickly, Ethan felt not only pain, but mostly dizziness. The smoke on the rooftop had become thicker and thicker. He had already inhaled copious amounts of toxic carbon monoxide. He couldn't keep himself from coming apart at the seams even if he wanted to do so.

Janet's hands were trembling, even her lips. She tried hard and pressed her feet against the bricks of the small ledges that were between every floor as she went down in an attempt to reduce the weight on the life-saving rope so that Ethan could bear less pressure. If she relaxed for even a mere millisecond, she might went into a free fall and dragged Ethan down with her.

But at this time, there was no other way to save themselves.

Ethan could only grit his teeth and speed up. Although the life-saving rope was fire-resistant, it might eventually be burnt to ash from being exposed to the fire for so long.

Janet suddenly felt like she was being let down to fall when she heard the knot in the rope cracking, and she unconsciously screamed in utter panic.

As the descending speed gradually increased, the life-saving rope finally reached its limit and broke. All of a sudden, Ethan felt like all weight had been lifted out of his hands. He looked down nervously when he heard Janet's scream and he felt his heart skip a beat.

Fortunately, Janet was safe.

The firefighters below had already laid out a rescue cushion under them to prevent Janet from hurtling headlong into the ground. Thankfully, she had landed right on target on the cushion. With his hands grabbing the hand rills, Ethan couldn't hold on any longer and passed out.

Closing his eyes, he was still thinking that Janet was not far from the ground now and that she should be safe.

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When Janet fell on the air cushion, she felt a sharp pain all over her body, as if her bones had broken.

Ignoring the pain, she staggered to her feet and looked up desperately at the rooftop.

The life-saving rope was burned, and there was absolutely no way for Ethan to escape.

At this time, a loud sound came from the rooftop. The fire on the rooftop could be seen from the ground.

Frightened, Janet shouted at the rooftop, "Ethan!" However, there was only the sound of burning coming from the rooftop now that the fire had grown so big.

Seeing that there was no response from Ethan, Janet was about to lose her mind completely. She hurriedly said to the firefighters, "My husband is still up there! Please save him!"

One of the firefighters had no choice but to answer, "Our vehicles are still stuck out here; we had to carry the rescue cushion in ourselves just now.

Janet suddenly felt desperate. She pushed the people standing in front of her out of her away and was about to rush upstairs to save Ethan herself. "Hey! Calm down, miss. It's too dangerous!" Everyone around rushed to stop her dead in her tracks.

"Janet! Ethan risked his life to save you!" Laney lived on the lower floor and she had already run down before the fire spread. She now grabbed Janet's wrist and said in a softer tone, "Calm down. Even if you rushed up, you won't be able to save him; you will only get yourself killed."

"Let me go up there! Laney, Ethan is still up there, fighting for his life!" Janet broke down and cried. She couldn't calm down even a little and kept shaking her head, trying to struggle out of the grip of the crowd.