{"id":227,"date":"2026-09-28T13:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-203\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:50:20","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-203","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-203\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 203"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 203<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 203<\/p>\n<p>Whitney hates me, of course she doesn&#8217;t want me to get such honor.<\/p>\n<p>But what if she knows that I can return Frances&#8217; money on my own after getting the prize?<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, it feels like Whitney can help me.<\/p>\n<p>Frances stands there and speaks with a deep voice, \u201cWhitney, there shouldn&#8217;t be a next thing for this. I&#8217;ll send you to the police station myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I have mixed feelings on Frances&#8217; words. Is he threatening Whitney to help me\uff1f<\/p>\n<p>I become more careful, afraid that it&#8217;s just my imagination.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney looks at Frances in disbelief. She almost gets out of control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to send me to the police station because of this woman? Frances, I&#8217;m your wife! See it clearly! Without me, how could you be where your are today!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her words are like a bomb that exploded in my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Frances depends on her business to be successful? I never imagine that a guy like Frances lives off a woman too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhitney, I don&#8217;t mind if you&#8217;re going crazy&#8230; But you should see the situation! You are not the only judge of the competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frances speaks in a low voice. Right after that, he gives me a comforting look.<\/p>\n<p>I suddenly feel nervous.<\/p>\n<p>If Frances know the reason why I want to win the competition so much, will he stand by my side?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ll try my best anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I walk away after saying that to them.<\/p>\n<p>I walk slowly for about 2 steps. Right then, Whitney comes out and walks up to Nicole.<\/p>\n<p>When she passes by me, I stop her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still hope that you&#8217;ll judge the competition fairly tomorrow.\u201d I say that in a low voice.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney smiles disdainfully.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, there&#8217;s two hours to continue the design and explain the design inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Frances still sits right in front of me. His quiet gaze doesn&#8217;t show any feelings.<\/p>\n<p>But my heart beats so much just by seeing his expressionless face.<\/p>\n<p>MC declares the start of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>I unintentionally look into Whitney&#8217;s face and find out that she&#8217;s sneering at me.<\/p>\n<p>All of the sudden, my heart beats quickly. Her words from last night keeps running around inside my head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as I&#8217;m here, you won&#8217;t be the first winner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I hope that she doesn&#8217;t have much authority.<\/p>\n<p>I take a deep breath. When I open the tool box so I can sketch, I feel so shocked.<\/p>\n<p>My pens, everything is gone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-227","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/227","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=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}