Betrayed By Husband And Child (Romina) novel Chapter 24

Chapter 24

“Help! Help! Someone… Please…”

“The fire’s so big. I’m so scared…”

Kids’ desperate cries filled the air.

Romina gritted her teeth and charged inside without a second

thought.

Two kids were trapped under a big table, and they were very

close to the door.

She hurried over and ushered them out. But as they reached the

door again, a child’s cries rang out from inside.

“Ma’am, our friend is still in there…”

The two kids pointed at the fierce flames, crying even harder.

“You can’t go in there again, or you’ll die!”

“Indeed. It’s too dangerous!”

“But what about the kid?”

The staff members’ frantic whispers escalated the chaos.

To avoid inhaling toxic fumes, she held her breath along the

way, only daring to gasp when her lungs burned for air.

But each gulp only filled her with thick smoke.

The child’s cries seemed to come from deep inside the

warehouse, faint and muffled.

Following his sound, she groped her way amid the thick smoke.

Just then, a deafening crash came from above her head.

She instinctively stopped in her tracks and looked up.

The massive circular light fixture, its supports devoured by

flames, wrenched free from the wooden ceiling and plunged

straight toward her.

She widened her eyes, reddened from the thick smoke, her

heart filled with unwillingness. Was she going to die? But she

hadn’t gotten her revenge yet. Those who hurt her hadn’t paid

their price.

No! She didn’t want to die!

As the idea occurred in Romina’s mind, a pair of broad hands

suddenly gripped her arms.

Something hard on the person’s right index finger pressed

uncomfortably into her arm.

She was yanked aside before she could turn around.

He collapsed together with her.

In the next second, a thunderous crack rang out.

The giant circular light fixture landed next to her feet.

The flames surged outward right away, catching the hem of her

dress and scorching her ankles.

She let out a soft groan in pain.

Just then, someone yanked her again, dragging her to a safe

spot.

Then he stood up, took off his suit jacket swiftly, and smothered

the flames on her dress.

Looking up, she saw his handsome face through the thick

smoke.

Joaquin?

What was he doing here?

Suddenly, the boy’s desperate cries rang out from deep inside

the warehouse again.

Snapping back to reality, she snatched the suit jacket from his

hands.

“I’m fine. Go save the boy!”

Joaquin looked down. Seeing that the flames on her dress were

dying down, he stood up and rushed toward the boy.

Meanwhile, a security guard sprinted inside.

“Ma’am, I’m here to help.”

He took off his uniform jacket to smother the remaining flames

on her dress.

Thick, acrid smoke filled her lungs. Twice now, she’d charged

into the burning warehouse. Even though she’d been trying to

hold her breath, she’d still inhaled a great amount of toxic

fumes.

She kept coughing, finding breathing incredibly hard, her

nostrils filled with dense smoke.

It felt like many pairs of hands were locked around her throat,

choking her to death at any second.

Her heart kept pounding faster and faster, almost leaping out of

her throat.

The feeling was worse than dying.

She hadn’t felt this desperate back then when she was

drowning.

She was lucky, escaping the fallen light fixture.

But the thick smoke had become the very air itself, haunting

her till death prevailed.

Though the flames on her dress were smothered, she couldn’t

muster the strength to stand up. Her entire body went limp.

“Ma’am? Ma’am? Don’t fall asleep!

“Hang in there! I’ll get you out!”

The security guard’s panicking shout reached her ears, so close

yet so far away…

Her hearing faded away gradually, followed by her vision and

then her consciousness.

Eventually, she closed her eyes.

At the same time, Joaquin had found the boy and led him out.

Upon seeing her again, she had collapsed to the floor.

The security guard faltered anxiously, “M-Mr. Bowman, she

passed out…”

“Get the boy out of here,” Joaquin ordered calmly.

“Alright.”

Joaquin handed him the boy’s hand.

He quickly led the boy out.

Joaquin picked up his suit jacket and draped it over Romina’s

thigh. Then he crouched down, picked her up, and strode out.

By the time he reached the entrance, a batch of rescuers had

arrived.

Everyone quickly gathered around them as he placed her in a

safe zone.

Then he crouched down to check on her. As he felt beneath her

nose, checking for signs of breath, his brow furrowed slightly.

“Mr. Bowman, how is she?”

Erick stood aside. As his gaze fell upon Romina on the ground,

his heart sank to the bottom.

“Clear the area now!” he growled.

Erick and the executives immediately started to disperse the

crowd.

Only Joaquin, Romina, and Erick remained on the second-floor

corridor now.

Chapter 24

“Mr. Bowman, has her heart and breathing stopped?” Erick

asked tentatively.

Joaquin didn’t reply. Instead, he straddled her slender waist, knelt over her body, and pressed down on her chest repeatedly.

Her body heaved along with his movements.

But after a few seconds, nothing changed.

His forehead was drenched in sweat. Staring at her delicate

face, he braced his hands on either side of her face.

After pondering for a while, he lifted her chin, pinched her

nose, and leaned down without hesitation.

When he administered CPR to her, Erick’s pupils dilated.

Was this really happening?

Thanks to Joaquin’s relentless efforts, Romina’s heart and

breathing restarted at last.

He straightened up and glanced at Erick.

“Is the ambulance here?”

“In two minutes, Mr. Bowman.”