{"id":308,"date":"2026-09-28T14:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-284\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:17:20","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-284","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-284\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 284"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 284<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 284<\/p>\n<p>He really doesn&#8217;t know how painful it is for me to lose a child.<\/p>\n<p>Frances is so cold-blooded, it&#8217;s not possible for him to care about a child&#8217;s life?<\/p>\n<p>Thus, he can act like nothing is wrong after killing my child.<\/p>\n<p>At least after I meet him again, he has never even mentioned anything about the child.<\/p>\n<p>At first, I naively thought that he might just explain it.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps, he might just say sorry.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how he explains it, at least the hatred in my heart won&#8217;t be as strong as it is now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat&#8217;s wrong? Is there something wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frances raises his head and looks at me in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He.&#8221; I laugh coldly.<\/p>\n<p>I really want to open his chest and see whether there&#8217;s a heart inside it or not!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t want to talk you about these now. I don&#8217;t want to see your assistant again, just fire him.\u201d I grit my teeth and speak to Frances.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t deal with Frances now, but if I have to see his assistant everyday, I think I might just go crazy.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t do it. I&#8217;m afraid I won&#8217;t be able to hold my mind back from killing him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat&#8217;s with Hamlin? He&#8217;s been doing well all this time.\u201d Frances stands up and walks up to me. He looks confused.<\/p>\n<p>Well?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Frances&#8217; definition of &#8220;well&#8221; is doing all his orders unconditionally, huh?<\/p>\n<p>I look at Frances coldly and say, \u201cNothing, he&#8217;s just an eyesore to me. If you don&#8217;t fire him, I&#8217;ll just go home. I don&#8217;t want to see him anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frances nods and he actually calls the HRD to let them fire Hamlin.<\/p>\n<p>I silently memorize that guy&#8217;s name in my heart.<\/p>\n<p>One day when I&#8217;m capable, I&#8217;ll make him and Frances pay me back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat? He already resigned?\u201d Frances frowns and speaks in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>It even surprises me, that guy moves really fast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is there so much work? Will your body be able to handle being so tired like that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I just blurt that sentence out.<\/p>\n<p>Right when I say it, I realize that I care about Frances too much.<\/p>\n<p>Why is it like that? I hate him, right?<\/p>\n<p>Why do I care about him?<\/p>\n<p>I shake my head, wanting to explain why I said that.<\/p>\n<p>But I also can&#8217;t think of a reasonable reason all of the sudden.<\/p>\n<p>Frances stands up and walks towards me.<\/p>\n<p>He stops right in front of me.<\/p>\n<p>He looks at me with a very gentle gaze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou care about me?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-308","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/308","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=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}