{"id":421,"date":"2026-09-28T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-397\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:55:00","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-397","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-397\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 397"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 397<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 397<\/p>\n<p>Studying his expression, I don&#8217;t know if he is telling the truth or testing me, so I can only ask again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you really letting me go? You know how Steven used to&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t continue, but Frances is smart enough to know what I am going to say.<\/p>\n<p>He smiles and hands me an invitation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you go by yourself, I naturally won&#8217;t agree. However, if I go with you, that will be another matter. It would be most appropriate for you to go as Mrs. Louis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Opening the invitation, I see Steven and Violet&#8217;s names on it.<\/p>\n<p>Since Frances puts it that way, it will be fine if we go together.<\/p>\n<p>However, I wonder if Steven will be happy in his marriage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think there&#8217;s something I should give a good thought about,&#8221; Frances says while lying on the bed.<\/p>\n<p>I lie in his arms and look up at him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When will our wedding be held?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Our &#8230; wedding?<\/p>\n<p>Anticipation rises in my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Although this is my second marriage, in fact, I have never had a wedding.<\/p>\n<p>When Andrew and I got married, we only had a simple meal with our relatives. We didn&#8217;t even have wedding photos.<\/p>\n<p>When I think about wedding photos, I get excited.<\/p>\n<p>Every woman wants to have beautiful wedding photos once in her life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wedding photos! I want to get our wedding photos taken. And I want lots of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frances is petrified. After staring at me for two seconds, he bursts into laughter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How many are you talking about? I will cooperate until you get sick of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He dotes on me so much that it is almost nauseating.<\/p>\n<p>Who else can I count on if even Frances can&#8217;t make any progress?<\/p>\n<p>Can I see my child?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frances, do you think we will never find him?&#8221; I ask somewhat dispiritedly.<\/p>\n<p>Every time I mention the child, it&#8217;s like adding a new cut on my scar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trust me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will find our child,&#8221; he says, leaning over and lightly kissing my lips. I feel less agitated.<\/p>\n<p>I can only comfort myself that nothing else matters as much as my child being alive.<\/p>\n<p>In a flash, it is the first day of the next month.<\/p>\n<p>I go to Steven&#8217;s wedding with Frances.<\/p>\n<p>I am surprised to run into Whitney here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-421","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/421","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=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}