{"id":204,"date":"2026-09-28T13:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-180\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:42:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-180","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-180\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 180"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 180<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 180<\/p>\n<p>Signing a contract with DS means that there will be many cooperation opportunities with this company. I missed an opportunity before, this time I don\u2019t want to miss it again.<\/p>\n<p>It is so painful for me to stay with Frances.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re going to pick one person from the design department. I really hope I can take part in this competition, so I write down my own name.<\/p>\n<p>Steven starts counting the votes. In the end, I get the highest number of votes.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s beyond my expectation.<\/p>\n<p>I know that I have a bad interpersonal relationship in the company. I don\u2019t expect other colleagues to vote for me at all, otherwise, I won\u2019t write my name.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, the person to go to France has been decided. Jane, Nicole, get ready and fly to France in the evening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Steven smiles at me. He seems to be very happy.<\/p>\n<p>He asks me to stay in the meeting room. After everyone else has gone, he says to me, &#8220;Jane, this time, you have to take advantage of the opportunity. I know you\u2019re talented. As long as you succeed, it\u2019s easy to leave Frances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I force a smile, but I\u2019m not happy.<\/p>\n<p>I love Frances, but I have to leave him. It\u2019s too painful for me.<\/p>\n<p>I give Noah a call. As soon as he answers the phone, he affectionately calls me &#8220;honey&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don\u2019t call me that,&#8221; I say unhappily.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have agreed to my proposal. Sooner or later you will be my wife.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Noah seems happy. Frances hasn\u2019t bothered him yet. So, I\u2019m relieved for a while.<\/p>\n<p>How can I explain to Noah the thing of last night?<\/p>\n<p>I just wanted to save him, not to marry him.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole hates me so much. Why would she help me?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just have to follow the instructions of our superiors, and we can\u2019t be wrong. Even if we go to that competition, we won\u2019t win the prize. Let Jane lose face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alisha walks out with May. They feel shocked when they see me standing at the door. They take a look at me and leave in a hurry.<\/p>\n<p>I want to ask Nicole why she helped me. But she isn\u2019t in the office all afternoon. My question has never been resolved.<\/p>\n<p>After work, I go home to pick up some things and go to the airport.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as I get to the airport, I meet Donny.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jane, long time no see!&#8221; Donny greets me warmly.<\/p>\n<p>I walk over with a smile, only to find Nicole standing not far away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-204","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/204","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=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}