{"id":189,"date":"2026-09-28T13:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-165\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:37:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-165","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-165\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 165"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 165<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 165<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrances, are you crazy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I instantly jump up from the bed to pick up all the pieces of paper scattered on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>I somehow still hold on to a hope that these pieces can be patched up with glue, but at the moment, I am having a hard time restoring the piece of paper to its original state. What can I do now?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReturn me another check now! I don\u2019t care about anything now, I\u2019ve given you this check but you have torn it into pieces like mad. Your actions doesn\u2019t have anything to do with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I am not in the wrong here, so I have no qualms voicing out my opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Frances laughs imperceptibly as he sweeps away the pieces of the check while sitting by the bed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere\u2019s the evidence? You claimed that I have returned the money, but do you have proof? I have proofs that you are owing me money, and it\u2019s all written in black and white together with the short memo. I have everything with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This bastard!<\/p>\n<p>I curse him silently before retorting vehemently, \u201cFrances, it\u2019s not like you are lacking financially, so why do you always want to pester me endlessly? Even if you don\u2019t want to be with your wife anymore, you can always find a woman who is a thousand times better than me. Why do you have to bother with someone like who is divorced?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I feel quite helpless in my heart. Frances is more difficult to get rid of than I have thought.<\/p>\n<p>Just as he said, I don\u2019t have any proof that I have returned him money, yet he is still holding on to the evidences that show me as owner of his debt.<\/p>\n<p>I really don\u2019t know how I can return that sum amounting to four million yuan after I have missed my chance last time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have already stated clearly, at my discretion, this game will never stop unless I put it to a stop myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frances\u2019 words successfully plunge my heart into a deep abyss.<\/p>\n<p>I really don\u2019t have any idea how I should make him get too tired of me to the point of letting me off the hook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t want to see a letter from my lawyer coming into your mailbox, you should just follow me back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>France smiles while pinning some strands of my hair to the back of my ear. Goosebumps sweeps over my skin like a wave.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like I have no other choice other than conceding defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrances, I admit that you\u2019re ruthless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the day I was by France\u2019s side, I have been concocting a plan on how to leave him. In the end, after much struggle, I still fail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great that you know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He smiles while he replies.<\/p>\n<p>I know I can\u2019t afford to offend him any further, so I decide to stop arguing with him.<\/p>\n<p>Frances is now sleeping soundly next to me, and on the other hand I am struggle to do just that. I have just escaped a wolf\u2019s den, yet it seems like I have let myself into a tiger\u2019s lair.<\/p>\n<p>It is more than difficult to escape this tiger\u2019s lair.<\/p>\n<p>In a wave of dizziness, I finally is able to sink into a deep slumber. By the time I wake up again, it\u2019s already eight o\u2019clock in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Frances is still asleep. I get up to wash up briefly before trying to wake him up.<\/p>\n<p>However, he remains motionless in bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-189","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}