{"id":216,"date":"2026-09-28T13:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-192\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:46:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-192","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-192\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 192"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 192<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 192<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What are you looking at? Go to sleep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frances says in a deep voice.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn\u2019t seem angry, so I don\u2019t think he had looked into my phone. Otherwise, it will be impossible for him to act cool now, judging from his temper.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think he had touched my phone. Maybe I remember it wrong.<\/p>\n<p>It is probably because of the guilty conscience, I wake up early in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Frances is still sleeping, and I didn\u2019t wake him up. Instead, I go straight back to my room.<\/p>\n<p>Noah\u2019s text message from yesterday says that he is arriving in France this morning and asks me to pick him up at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>I casually change my clothes, don\u2019t even put on makeup and go out.<\/p>\n<p>I run into Whitney who is just back in a hurry as soon as I arrive at the door.<\/p>\n<p>What a shock!<\/p>\n<p>That is so close! Wouldn\u2019t I be caught by her if I had stayed in bed just now?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you have time? I want to talk to you.&#8221; She sees me as well and looks at me indifferently.<\/p>\n<p>I check the time. Noah is going to arrive at ten o&#8217;clock, so I should have some time left.<\/p>\n<p>For no reason, I feel a little nervous about what she wants to talk about.<\/p>\n<p>But I know very well that sometimes escaping is meaningless.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, but not much.&#8221; After thinking about it, I say in a low voice.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney takes me to the restaurant for breakfast. But I know that having breakfast isn\u2019t her purpose.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When will you leave Frances?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now that I fall in love with Frances, things become more complicated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don\u2019t you tell me that you are in love with him.&#8221; Whitney\u2019s words hit me hard.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know if she sees through me. Or maybe she is testing me. But no matter what, I can\u2019t admit it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No way. I don&#8217;t love Frances at all. I will never fall in love with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whitney suddenly peeks behind me. She then says sarcastically. &#8220;Makes sense. A woman like you only cares about money. The reason you refused to leave him is just because you haven\u2019t got what you want yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it is a good thing for Whitney to think of me this way.<\/p>\n<p>I nod and smile triumphantly. &#8220;Sure, if it&#8217;s not for the money and the extravagant lifestyle, who would stay with him?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is none of your business, Whitney!<\/p>\n<p>Frances\u2019 voice suddenly comes from behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-216","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/216","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=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}