{"id":240,"date":"2026-09-28T13:54:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-216\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:54:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:54:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-216","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-216\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 216"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 216<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 216<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t think too much. Even without you, my mother will take back the power I have now. The company hasn\u2019t gained any profit under my control after all.\u201d Steven says casually.<\/p>\n<p>But I can still hear a slight sense of sadness from his words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill, I want to know what exactly happened that made you want to leave Frances so badly?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steven\u2019s words expose my mind easily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just followed what you told me. I can\u2019t afford to provoke a man like that. It\u2019s better for me to leave earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I say with a bitter smile.<\/p>\n<p>Steven smiles lightly and says, \u201cIt\u2019s good you can think about it positively. Anyway, come to me any time if you have troubles. I will definitely try my best to help you if I could. As for things that I can\u2019t help, there\u2019s really nothing I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am already very happy to have you as my friend. Don\u2019t worry, I will definitely find you in the future if I am in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I already think over it. It is not possible to make Frances let me go willingly in three days. However, a person like me would not give up until the last moment.<\/p>\n<p>Also, even if Frances doesn\u2019t agree with me by then, I will just run away like Steven said before.<\/p>\n<p>Although Steven says he couldn\u2019t help me, yet he had been contacting all the channels he has in the past few days. Unfortunately, they weren\u2019t effective. DS just made a big change in staffing. When Steven was still the CEO, people would at least do him a favor, but it becomes harder now.<\/p>\n<p>In other places, Steven\u2019s mother has given instructions beforehand. She will not agree with his request at all.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, Steven is working hard and I am thinking of countermove as well.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, what I studies is to make Frances hate me and then kick me away impatiently.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing that Frances is a tidy person, I deliberately make his house very dirty and messy, especially at the door of his room, it almost becomes a rubbish dump.<\/p>\n<p>Under the large robe, it is a strong chest. His gentle smile makes me feel cold instead. My confidence and determination a moment ago are destroyed all of a sudden.<\/p>\n<p>And I feel very curious now: When did he take a shower? Why don\u2019t I know that?<\/p>\n<p>I pinch my leg secretly, and finally I get the courage to look at Frances, \u201cNot really. What\u2019s the matter?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you make the house so messy?\u201d The man asks coldly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Why? Of course to make you hate me and then kick me out. What other reason could it be?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But what Frances is thinking seems to be quite different from mine.<\/p>\n<p>He walks straight to me and stops. He holds my chin lightly and says, \u201cI didn\u2019t expect you to catch my attention in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-240","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/240","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=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}