{"id":193,"date":"2026-09-28T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-169\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:39:00","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-169","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-169\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 169"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 169<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 169<\/p>\n<p>Frances is back tonight.<\/p>\n<p>I am cooking when he comes.<\/p>\n<p>On these days without him at home, I have cooked a lot by myself.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing what I am doing, Frances does not say anything to sit by the table.<\/p>\n<p>He has a look at my phone when I am bringing some dish to the table.<\/p>\n<p>I have not closed the webpage of the news on my phone; he smiled slightly to say, \u201cYou read my news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t reply him, just rolling my eyes at him.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows Frances is somebody who is always trending in the social media. I cannot ignore him in these news.<\/p>\n<p>Then I tell him, \u201cSince I read the big news of today, you are there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frances keeps laughing, \u201cDo you feel bad with it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looks so happy to make fun of me.<\/p>\n<p>I did get mad with his news before knowing Elin Smith is his younger sister. Now I believe what was reported in the news is a joke.<\/p>\n<p>If Frances supposes me to know nothing about them, I pretend to be ignorant of it.<\/p>\n<p>I tell him, \u201cFrances, you are free to date any woman in the world; that\u2019s none of my business. I have my own duty to fulfill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Giving him a slight smile, I start to eat something slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Frances seems to be annoyed and goes upstairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you finish the meal?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. I have no appetite today.\u201d he answers unhappily.<\/p>\n<p>Frances is irritated too easily.<\/p>\n<p>I also go upstairs after finishing the dinner. As soon as passing by the bedside table, I am surprised to see the new box of condoms.<\/p>\n<p>Someone rolls down the window and I recognize Lawrence Jordan inside the car.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t expect to meet him here. \u201cLawrence?\u201d I call his name.<\/p>\n<p>He smiles to me and says, \u201cInto my car?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Considering the following danger, I definitely agree with him and get into his car as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Then I ask him, \u201cWhat are you going to do in Virginia?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence answers, \u201cCome to see you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I feel doubtful, \u201cWhat\u2019s the matter?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is one friend of Frances, never contacting me privately. Now I am really curious about the reason he comes to see me.<\/p>\n<p>He says, \u201cDo you know who is following you in that car?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-193","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/193","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=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}