{"id":209,"date":"2026-09-28T13:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-185\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:44:20","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-185","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-185\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 185"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 185<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 185<\/p>\n<p>Frances jumps into the water.<\/p>\n<p>His arrival, like a spray of sunshine, brightens my dark life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrances, help! Help!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I splash and scream for help in a faint voice.<\/p>\n<p>But he swims directly towards Whitney as if not hearing me.<\/p>\n<p>Truth love manifests in crisis.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, he cares nobody but Whitney.<\/p>\n<p>My heat sinks with my body.<\/p>\n<p>It hurts so much, as if I\u2019m dying. I didn\u2019t know before it is so painful being hurt by the one you love.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it. Just die like this.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I would never wake up again.<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019m dazed when I open my eyes and see everything in front of my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>I am in the car now?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re awake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donny says beside me.<\/p>\n<p>He is dripping wet, as I am. Frances went to save Whitney at that time, so it must be Donny who saved me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for saving my life.\u201d I say to Donny.<\/p>\n<p>He chuckles, \u201cThere\u2019s an old Chinese saying that saving one person from death is better than to build a seven-storied pagoda for the death. I think I might go to heaven when I die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I am amused by Donny, but in the front of the car comes an aggrieved voice from Whitney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJane, why did you push me into the water?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I pushed her? She\u2019s the one that pushed me. How can she counter accuse me?<\/p>\n<p>When stepping out of the car, I can\u2019t stop shivering and hurry into the hotel, heading to my room.<\/p>\n<p>I am soaking wet and all I need is a warm bath or I\u2019ll definitely get a cold.<\/p>\n<p>After taking a hot shower, I make myself a cup of medicine granules for cold. Then I dry my hair, deep in thought.<\/p>\n<p>Does Whitney know about my relationship with Frances or not? Should I ask Frances for sure?<\/p>\n<p>As I am wandering, a knock sounds on the door. I open the door and find Frances standing right there with a gloomy face.<\/p>\n<p>What makes him so upset? He really thought that it was me who pushed Whitney?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t push her. She did that to me.\u201d I explain.<\/p>\n<p>Frances purses his lips but utters nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m wandering if she has known our affair. She didn\u2019t treat me so badly before, but now her attitude towards me totally changed. She must know something. What should I do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He moves into my room with his two long legs, gazing at me for seconds, and says in a deep voice, \u201cJane, go back to our own country and forget the competition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-209","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/209","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=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}