{"id":309,"date":"2026-09-28T14:17:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-285\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:17:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-285","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-285\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 285"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 285<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 285<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course! \u201d<\/p>\n<p>I immediately say no without even thinking.<\/p>\n<p>My brain quickly works to think of an excuse.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t care if it&#8217;s crappy or not, I&#8217;ll just say it first!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s because you&#8217;re moody. If you&#8217;re irritated because of your work and vent your anger on me&#8230; I am innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frances smiles without saying anything.<\/p>\n<p>But he&#8217;s like that because he clearly doesn&#8217;t believe everything I say.<\/p>\n<p>Damn!<\/p>\n<p>I feel embarrassed and annoyed. I really wish I can just head-butt a wall and die.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, I can only stomp my feet and leave with my blushing face.<\/p>\n<p>Once I get out of the office, I feel much more at ease.<\/p>\n<p>Just now I nearly lacked of oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m finally feeling at ease now.<\/p>\n<p>My heart has never been so messy before.<\/p>\n<p>I know, I was like that because I care.<\/p>\n<p>In this world, the only thing that can&#8217;t be deceived is your own heart.<\/p>\n<p>I still care about Frances.<\/p>\n<p>If this feeling grows stronger, I&#8217;m afraid I won&#8217;t be able to get myself out after falling for him.<\/p>\n<p>But I actually come back here for my revenge.<\/p>\n<p>I absolutely can&#8217;t have such feelings for Frances again.<\/p>\n<p>I keep telling that to myself until it&#8217;s deeply ingrained in my brain.<\/p>\n<p>Frances&#8217; driver is waiting at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the driver already entered the police station for the hit and run case before.<\/p>\n<p>After returning home, I just boil some food randomly to eat because Old Mr. Louis isn&#8217;t at home.<\/p>\n<p>Right after I take a few bites, the door bell rings.<\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s Frances and Old Mr. Louis, the won&#8217;t press the doorbell.<\/p>\n<p>Who is it, then?<\/p>\n<p>She loves Frances so much and she unwillingly divorced from him.<\/p>\n<p>She also hates me very much, how can she put up with me and Frances&#8217; marriage?!<\/p>\n<p>Whitney rushes in and presses the off-guard me on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s strangling my neck with both of her hands.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s less and less air in my lungs while I\u2019m struggling desperately.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney and I keep rolling on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney&#8217;s eyes are full of hatred, she looks like she really wants me dead.<\/p>\n<p>Crazy woman has a terrifying strength, and I&#8217;m not a match for her.<\/p>\n<p>I feel so dizzy and my body feels so weak too. Some time later, I roll over to the tea table&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>When a person is in danger, they will always want to hold something.<\/p>\n<p>My hand flutters in the air and suddenly gets a hold of something.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know either what I&#8217;m holding.<\/p>\n<p>Without thinking, I just stab Whitney&#8217;s back with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-309","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/309","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=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}