{"id":262,"date":"2026-09-28T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-238\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:02:00","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-238","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-238\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 238"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 238<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 238<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t by chance?<\/p>\n<p>Recalling how Frances and I got to know each other, I feel that Steven might have worried too much about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t come to me. Actually, I got to know him by accident.\u201d I explain.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t even know why I am so anxious to refute Steven\u2019s words, as if I\u2019m afraid that it may harm our relationship, which has been twisted from the beginning. And I don\u2019t believe that the man I love is like what Steven said.<\/p>\n<p>Many years later, I am wondering whether my life would be different, if I didn\u2019t get on Frances\u2019 car.<\/p>\n<p>Steven stares at me for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Then he says, \u201cJane, no matter what I tell you, you still choose to believe him. Do you fall in love with Frances?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I panic as he sees through me. I hurriedly explained, \u201cI\u2019m not speaking for him. You should find evidence if you think he did that. You can\u2019t just blame it on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steven\u2019s expression changes. He says somewhat awkwardly, \u201cI do not have any evidence right now, but I will investigate it. Jane, if your parents\u2019 car accident is really related to Frances, would you leave him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looks at me with an extremely serious gaze and a hint of anticipation.<\/p>\n<p>I know that Steven wants to help me.<\/p>\n<p>I smile bitterly at him and say, \u201cEven if the accident has nothing to do with him, I will leave him sooner or later. We are too different. And it\u2019s dangerous for me to stay with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I have to leave Frances, but I am not able to do that by myself. Last time, Steven helped me to hide from Frances. I was about to get on the plane. However, I failed to leave because of my parents.<\/p>\n<p>Steven has tried to help me once, so I think I can turn to him this time.<\/p>\n<p>I have no choice but to count on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteven, I\u2019m pregnant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is stunned and forgets to take the phone I hand to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you going to keep the child?\u201d Steven asks me.<\/p>\n<p>Since he is intimate with Whitney, he will gradually get tired of me.<\/p>\n<p>Time flies and I have been pregnant for three months, but Steven hasn\u2019t get things ready. I feel worried as my belly has slightly bulged out.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, I\u2019m thin and people can\u2019t tell when I wear loose clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney also starts to wear loose clothes.<\/p>\n<p>I heard her and Lawrence talking on the phone the other day. It seems that she is going abroad. But I don\u2019t know when it is. Once she leaves, will Frances bother me again?<\/p>\n<p>Can I conceal the fact that I\u2019m pregnant by then?<\/p>\n<p>Mindy has left with David, so I can only go to do the examination by myself at 12 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>When I\u2019m leaving the house, Whitney is not at home. I\u2019m not surprised as her rarely show up.<\/p>\n<p>However, when I arrive at the department of obstetrics and gynecology, I see Whitney, who was also here for an obstetrical examination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-262","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/262","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=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}