{"id":426,"date":"2026-09-28T14:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-402\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:56:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-402","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-402\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 402"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 402<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 402<\/p>\n<p>Wife?<\/p>\n<p>Is she Frances\u2019 ex-wife?<\/p>\n<p>I think Frances only has an ex-wife, Whitney. Now he seems to have more ex-wives.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, I am in a panic and at a loss.<\/p>\n<p>I am deeply convinced of what she says for an unknown reason.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps, her appearance convinces people that she won&#8217;t lie.<\/p>\n<p>I force a smile and shake my head. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know that you are Frances&#8217; ex-wife.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ex-wife? Who told you I am his ex-wife?&#8221; Hilda smiles faintly and rejects me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We registered for marriage abroad. Although our marriage is not recognized at home, we are indeed a couple.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What Hilda said upsets me.<\/p>\n<p>She and Frances are a couple. Who am I to Frances?<\/p>\n<p>Is Frances a bigamist now?<\/p>\n<p>Besides, Hilda was pregnant before, so&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The child in your belly&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frances is the child&#8217;s father. He is not staying at home the past few days, because he is staying with me and our baby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hilda kept wearing a faint smile.<\/p>\n<p>Such arrogant words from her mouth are not annoying.<\/p>\n<p>I am disturbed and I don&#8217;t even know if I should believe what she said.<\/p>\n<p>If what she said is true, how should I face it?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m in a panic. But I know very well that if I keep being in a panic, it means that I give up.<\/p>\n<p>With great difficulty, I calm myself down. I say to Hilda in a serious voice, &#8220;Why did you call me here? Is that all you want to tell me?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never want to ruin your lives. If Frances is willing to be with you, I will sincerely wish you all well. I don&#8217;t care what kind of life I lead. I just hope he lives a happy life. But now that our child is getting older and older and he will soon go to school. If he doesn&#8217;t have a father, he will be teased by his classmates. He will not have a happy childhood. As a mother, I don&#8217;t want to see my child live such a life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a mother, too. I know that her child is all she has. But it doesn&#8217;t mean that I can give Frances to her.<\/p>\n<p>If she didn&#8217;t say those words, I might have thought she was an elegant woman who stood aloof from the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>But she said so, I think that she is strange.<\/p>\n<p>I also suddenly think that she might not be as extraordinary as I imagined. She just pretends that she cares nothing and wants to steal Frances from me.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, I would have been touched by his thoughtful actions.<\/p>\n<p>But tonight, I am disturbed and I don&#8217;t in the mood to care about this.<\/p>\n<p>I swallow hard nervously and speak.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did you go to Hilda&#8217;s place?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I can feel that Frances stiffens and he slowly turns around.<\/p>\n<p>After a while, he says with a serious expression.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How did you know that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is your relationship with Hilda? Is she really your wife?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I sit up from bed, trembling with nervousness.<\/p>\n<p>I stare at Frances and don\u2019t even blink.<\/p>\n<p>I want to know the answer, but I am also afraid of knowing the truth from his mouth.<\/p>\n<p>He purses his lips and says with some difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-426","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/426","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=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}