{"id":345,"date":"2026-09-28T14:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-321\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:29:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-321","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-321\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 321"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 321<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 321<\/p>\n<p>I am sitting here, he clearly cannot see anything, but how does he know?<\/p>\n<p>I feel doubtful, out of curiosity, I walk towards his seat, and look towards my own seat.<\/p>\n<p>There is no way to see it.<\/p>\n<p>Does he have x-ray eyes?<\/p>\n<p>I look for quite a while, but cannot figure it out, I get up about to go to the bathroom to change my pad, and accidentally touch Frances&#8217; computer mouse.<\/p>\n<p>I notice in surprise, his screen is divided into two half.<\/p>\n<p>One half is his work, the other half shows my seat!<\/p>\n<p>Frances is spying on me!<\/p>\n<p>No wonder he found out about me taking the medicine, so he sees everything I do?<\/p>\n<p>So when he looks so focused on work, maybe he is actually watching me?!<\/p>\n<p>And when I was drawing the picture, does he know about that too?<\/p>\n<p>Heavily burdened, I go to the bathroom to change my pad, and when I come out, Frances is already back from his meeting.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t talk about finding out about him spying on me.<\/p>\n<p>If I tell him now, maybe Frances will find a new way to monitor me. This way at least I can be more careful, knowing what he is up to.<\/p>\n<p>And the fact that I drew those designs, if he doesn&#8217;t ask me about it, I will keep doing that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you hungry? Let&#8217;s go eat?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frances puts his documents on the table, and says to me.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing him, he doesn&#8217;t look like as if he knows about me uncovering his secret.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah.&#8221; I say honestly.<\/p>\n<p>Frances does not stop, only smiles towards Lawrence, &#8220;Lawrence, I know you like Whitney. Since you are not siblings, and we are divorced, you can do what you want, you don&#8217;t need to bother about my feelings anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frances and Lawrence once were really good buddies.<\/p>\n<p>But because of Whitney, their friendship has changed.<\/p>\n<p>But, Frances knows that Earl is their child, and is still willing to raise him, he has done his best for them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t need to worry about us, I mean what happened at the police station, do you really have to be so merciless? The new president has integrity, and it took me quite some relations before I could get Whitney out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last time?&#8221; Frances snorts, &#8220;If it wasn&#8217;t for my help, do you know what could have happened to Jane? Murder with intent, I think you know how serious this label is. You can like Whitney, but pampering her might be actually harming her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Frances finishes talking, he takes me inside.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney, who is quiet all this time, opens her mouth now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frances, tell me, do you know about the child?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-345","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/345","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=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}