{"id":458,"date":"2026-09-28T15:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-434\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:07:20","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-434","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-434\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 434"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 434<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 434<\/p>\n<p>I really don&#8217;t know what I can do to help.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve said harsh words to Steven before. I even haven&#8217;t contacted him or meet him recently, except at their wedding.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve thought that should be enough.<\/p>\n<p>But I haven&#8217;t expected that he would be so persistent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know. I really don&#8217;t know. That&#8217;s why I come to beg for your help.&#8221; Violet holds my hand tightly and says sincerely, &#8220;I know that I&#8217;ve done something wrong. It&#8217;s OK if you want to hit me or scold me, as long as you can cheer Steven up. Even if that means I have to divorce him. I really love him and don&#8217;t want to see him this upset.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even a divorce?<\/p>\n<p>Violet must really love Steven that she would rather let him go to make him happy.<\/p>\n<p>Steven is my friend and I will help him even if Violet doesn&#8217;t come to ask for my help.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I see. I&#8217;ll try. Give me some time to think about it and I&#8217;ll contact you as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you, Jane. Only you can help Steven now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Violet says to me gratefully.<\/p>\n<p>Then we chat about something else, but she&#8217;s obviously absent-minded.<\/p>\n<p>Although I don&#8217;t want to go home, I can&#8217;t have her stay here forever, so I get up and say goodbye to her.<\/p>\n<p>On the way home, I think about how to avoid Hilda.<\/p>\n<p>And the only way is to go to the company with Frances every day.<\/p>\n<p>Then I don&#8217;t have to see Hilda during the day, and for dinner, I can eat out so that when I go back home, I can go straight to sleep without talking to Hilda.<\/p>\n<p>At night, I tell Frances that I want to start working in the company.<\/p>\n<p>He sees through me but doesn&#8217;t debunk my intention. Instead, he nods in agreement.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t leave Earl alone at home, so I&#8217;ll just take him with me.<\/p>\n<p>On the way, Frances calls his secretary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will bring the child to work. Go prepare everything that I need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When we arrive at the company, the secretary is moving stuffs into the office.<\/p>\n<p>Cot, toys, milk powder, diapers, clothes and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Unsettled, I come back to Frances&#8217; office. Frances hands the child to me and puts on his coat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have a meeting. Wait here for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I nod and watch him leaving.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m bored when he is away, so I go to check if he is still watching me through the surveillance camera.<\/p>\n<p>There are many documents that I can&#8217;t read on the desk, but the surveillance window on his computer has gone.<\/p>\n<p>I suddenly feel upset.<\/p>\n<p>Does he no longer care about me?<\/p>\n<p>Earl falls asleep soon. I put him on the cot and begin to go through Frances&#8217; desk out of boredom.<\/p>\n<p>One of the drawers is locked, but the key is right on the desk.<\/p>\n<p>I am curious about what is inside.<\/p>\n<p>With nervousness and curiosity, I unlock the drawer with trembling hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-458","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/458","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=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}