Substitute Marriage With the Illegitimate Son novel Chapter 389

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.