{"id":464,"date":"2026-09-28T15:09:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-440\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:09:20","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-440","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-440\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 440"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 440<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 440<\/p>\n<p>The secretary knocks on the door and carries Earl in.<\/p>\n<p>When we went out, Frances left Earl to his secretary. Now, Earl is up.<\/p>\n<p>And he becomes very excited when he sees me.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why we should raise our children by ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>When Earl came back from Whitney&#8217;s place, he used to cry every time I hugged him. Fortunately, he stops crying now.<\/p>\n<p>I pick Earl up and walk around in the big office.<\/p>\n<p>Frances is busy with his work all afternoon. He finally finishes it at eight. Then we leave the company together.<\/p>\n<p>I have no problem with him working overtime.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the later I return home, the less time I&#8217;ll spend with Hilda. This is great news for me.<\/p>\n<p>Because I don&#8217;t want to see Hilda, I ask Frances to have dinner with me before going home.<\/p>\n<p>Frances nods and goes to the restaurant with me.<\/p>\n<p>After dinner, we stroll along the street for a while before returning home.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s already ten when we get home.<\/p>\n<p>But Hilda is still awake.<\/p>\n<p>She sits alone on the sofa in the living room, curling up in a daze.<\/p>\n<p>When Hilda sees Frances, she jumps off the sofa and runs into Frances\u2019 arms barefoot.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s as if she has waited a long time for her lover!<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t help but say in my heart, &#8220;Frances, if you dare to hug her, you&#8217;ll be sorry for it!<\/p>\n<p>Then I glare at Frances.<\/p>\n<p>Frances finds out I&#8217;m angry. He naturally pushes Hilda away and says in a deep voice, &#8220;What are you doing up this late?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You must be tired, too. Go to bed after bathing Earl. I&#8217;ll go upstairs soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I feel very uncomfortable, but I can&#8217;t show it. Otherwise, Hilda would only feel even more complacent.<\/p>\n<p>Subduing my anger, I smile warmly at Frances. &#8220;Alright, I&#8217;ll wait for you. Hurry up, I can&#8217;t sleep without your arms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A simple sentence is enough to show off my relationship with Frances.<\/p>\n<p>Hearing my words, Hilda&#8217;s face changes and she glares at me.<\/p>\n<p>I carry Earl upstairs and bath him. After he falls asleep, I take a shower.<\/p>\n<p>However, after I lie in bed for a long time, Frances still doesn&#8217;t come upstairs.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m getting uneasy, so I get up from bed and walk out of the room.<\/p>\n<p>I look downstairs, but I don&#8217;t see Frances or Hilda there.<\/p>\n<p>Where did they go?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-464","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/464","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=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}