{"id":273,"date":"2026-09-28T14:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-249\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:05:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-249","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-249\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 249"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 249<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 249<\/p>\n<p>Steven seems to have come all the way just to accompany me to the pregnancy check-up. After I am through, he leaves without even having lunch.<\/p>\n<p>When he leaves, he stubbornly says, \u201cJane, no matter how you refuse, I will not miss every pregnancy check-up. From now on, I will not miss your birthday and the child\u2019s birthday. You don\u2019t need to do anything, and I\u2019ll take care of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He doesn\u2019t ask me for anything, but his words put a great deal of pressure on me.<\/p>\n<p>After experiencing so much, I feel that I am not worthy of anyone in the world. Perhaps my best ending would be to bring up the baby and die alone.<\/p>\n<p>After I get home, Mom starts to lecture me when she finds that Steven has left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s the matter with you, my girl? Steven is such a good man, and he likes you so much. Why do you refuse him stubbornly? I don\u2019t know what you\u2019ve been through before, and I don\u2019t want to ask about your past. I can see that you are a good girl after we get along well these days. Why are you making things difficult for yourself? Why don\u2019t you want happiness?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I feel like crying.<\/p>\n<p>She cares about me, more than my biological mother. She knows that I lack love and long for love, but she doesn\u2019t know that I don\u2019t dare to love anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom, you don\u2019t know what I\u2019ve been through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I finally couldn\u2019t restrain myself and tell her everything from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing that, she looks at me with pity in her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy poor daughter, you\u2019ve suffered a lot.\u201d Mom strokes my hair with distress, tears in her eyes. \u201cI think that you need a man to love you, but I understand your pain, so I won\u2019t force you anymore. You need to sort out your own thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ever since that day, Mom never asks me to accept Steven.<\/p>\n<p>Life goes on uneventfully. Nothing has changed except that the baby is growing and I\u2019m missing Frances more.<\/p>\n<p>My mouth is quickly covered again, and the man behind me curses fiercely, \u201cDamn it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He speaks perfect English, not like local people here. My intuition tells me that this man is from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he comes with evil intent.<\/p>\n<p>Who on earth is this man? Why does he kidnap me? Where is he taking me?<\/p>\n<p>The man takes me into a car. After we get in the car, he blindfolds and gags me, binding me up with a rope.<\/p>\n<p>As the car moves, I\u2019m getting scared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-273","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/273","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=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}