{"id":281,"date":"2026-09-28T14:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-257\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:08:20","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-257","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-257\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 257"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 257<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 257<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know his weakness. It seems that he has no weakness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I say to Steven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBesides, I haven\u2019t been in Virginia for a long time, so now I know nearly nothing about Frances. I guess I should catch up the news about him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The expression on Steven\u2019s face relaxes a bit, and he says with a smile, \u201cNow you start to know that he who has a thorough knowledge of the enemy and himself is bound to win in all battles. So why were you so impulsive before?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His words make me feel ashamed of myself, and in my heart I feel sorrier for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will arrange a place for you to live, as well as the work for you. I can still make sure that Frances can\u2019t find you if you don\u2019t want to show up.\u201d Steven says in a deep voice.<\/p>\n<p>I shake my head and say, \u201cI think a place with the good and bad mixed together has the most information. If I want to know more Frances\u2019s secrets, I have to work at that kind of places. I\u2019m not afraid he will find me, and even if he does, I won\u2019t admit my identity before I have a way to deal with him. As long as I insist that I\u2019m not Jane, what can he do to me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steven doesn\u2019t object to my idea, and just says, \u201cAs long as you\u2019re happy. I\u2019ll send someone to secretly protect you at the bar where you work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you know I\u2019m going to work at a bar?\u201d I ask him with surprise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr what else could it be? Is there a place more mixed and complicated than a bar?\u201d he laughs and stands on his feet, walking towards outside, \u201cCall me when you have a decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steven leaves. But my heart can\u2019t be at peace for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know if I can get back what Frances owes me, but I\u2019m afraid that I\u2019ll never be able to repay Steven for what he has done for me.<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, I get a job at Heartbeat, the largest bar in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The bar has a large scale and the best-known of it is the nightly pole dancing show. I know Frances. He always keeps a sense of pride and superiority, and he would never come to such a place. So I\u2019m not really worried about running into him here.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t look very pretty, but there are full of flirtatious people here, so I can\u2019t get away with being teased even though I\u2019m just a waitress.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s lucky that Steven has sent his men here to protect me secretly, and he also told the boss of the bar to look out for me, so I hasn\u2019t run into any big trouble yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou bitch, turn around!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrew rudely pulls my hair and turns my body around, right with his hideous face before my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDamn you! You have caused me so much pain. I would recognize you even if you become ashes!  Weren\u2019t you proud before? Didn\u2019t you climb onto the rich\u2019s bed? So, you have been dumped so quickly and come to this kind of place to get fucked by men, huh?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a long time since I saw him last time. But the way he talks is still so unpleasing to ears.<\/p>\n<p>I raise my head stubbornly and say to him with disdain, \u201cSo? It\u2019s better than someone here who just can\u2019t do it. How dare he dream about the dancing girls on the stage!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t do it?! You must fucking try it! It\u2019s a shame that I\u2019ve never even slept with you when you were my wife but you were slept by someone else!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As he is saying, he drags me over to the bathroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-281","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/281","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=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}