{"id":41,"date":"2026-09-28T12:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-17\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:48:20","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-17","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 17<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 17<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s just my illusion, but I always feel like I&#8217;m being interrogated like a cheating wife questioned by a husband.<\/p>\n<p>But what&#8217;s between Frances Louis and me? If there is anything, it is all about that night.<\/p>\n<p>But we are adults, and this kind of thing is not a big deal. I am a woman and I give him my first time without saying anything, but now he is haunting me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo I need to tell you that? It seems to be nothing between us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I leave the words lightly. All I want to do is to go to the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>Frances Louis strides forward and walks beside me, clipping me between him and the wall, leaving only a narrow passage for me.<\/p>\n<p>Hearing my words, he turns his head and looks at me with a light smile, \u201cthe relationship between creditor and debtor is not enough for me to ask?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough enough enough. You&#8217;re rich. You&#8217;re the best. I beg you to stop haunting me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Damn it! I just want to go to the bathroom! Why is it so hard!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you sure I&#8217;m the one who haunts you? You follow me all the way to the men&#8217;s room, and I have more reason to doubt your purpose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He says and points to the signboard on the door.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the signboard, I am awkward immediately.<\/p>\n<p>I follow him to the men\u2019s room. That\u2019s so embarrassing!<\/p>\n<p>I am unconvinced and hum. I pretend to be calm and say, \u201cthe female\u2019s room is beside, I like to stroll outside for a while before I go in there. You have a problem?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Frances Louis raises his noble chin to the opposite side and says, \u201cNo. I just want to remind you kindly that the ladies&#8217; room is down the hall. The reason why this hotel designs like this is probably to avoid women like you following men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The he goes into the bathroom, leaving me crying without tears.<\/p>\n<p>I take a deep breath and run across the hall. I almost can\u2019t hold it back.<\/p>\n<p>Frances Louis, you just wait and see!<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, as soon as I come out of the bathroom, I see Frances Louis coming out from the opposite side.<\/p>\n<p>A man pee so slowly. He must have a problem with his prostate, also his kidney function, perhaps also the impotence. Yes! It must be like this!<\/p>\n<p>Thinking like this makes me feel comfortable, then I come back to the private room feeling satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>Frances Louis and I go into the private room side by side.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, people are drunk, and busy toasting each other, and no one pays attention to us.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, there would be another ridicule.<\/p>\n<p>But somehow, they have changed their seats.<\/p>\n<p>Now there are only two vacant adjacent seats.<\/p>\n<p>Frances Louis is natural and sits on the right.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know what to do, but bite the bullet to sit beside him.<\/p>\n<p>Left is Steven Song and right is Frances Louis.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly I feel myself like a sandwich biscuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Louis takes so long. You should be punished to drink three bottles of wine.\u201d Someone sees Frances Louis and says immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s right. The beauty who comes with President Song also have to drink.\u201d Someone continues.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t drink. As long as I drink wine. The measles would run all over my body. That looks ugly.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Song drinks a lot and leans his body on me all the time when he is walking. It takes me a lot of energy to hold him up. I also drink, so I couldn&#8217;t drive Steven Song home, so I call an agent driver to send him back.<\/p>\n<p>I walk to the bus stop to take the next bus back.<\/p>\n<p>The night wind is blowing fiercely, I doesn\u2019t wear too much, plus I am about to get a wine rash, my body couldn&#8217;t help shivering.<\/p>\n<p>The medicine store is right behind me, but I don&#8217;t even have the money to buy some allergy medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Ten dollars. I don&#8217;t know how long I can hold out. I have always been stubborn, and I don&#8217;t want to borrow money from anyone.<\/p>\n<p>When I get home, I have to face my parents&#8217; questions and dilemma. The burden of life is almost overwhelming me.<\/p>\n<p>Even the conditions offered by Frances Louis begin to dance in my mind.<\/p>\n<p>For me now, what he said is really attractive. It&#8217;s just, I don&#8217;t want to degenerate to this situation.<\/p>\n<p>I shake my head and get rid of my dirty thoughts, then I feel better.<\/p>\n<p>But I don\u2019t know where I can go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sound of Frances Louis comes behind.<\/p>\n<p>I am stunned.<\/p>\n<p>Why is he still here? Apparently he leaves before me.<\/p>\n<p>I look back. He is holding a small pharmacy bag in his hand. 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