{"id":479,"date":"2026-09-28T15:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-455\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:14:20","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-455","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-455\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 455"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 455<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 455<\/p>\n<p>My heart instantly sinks to the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Hilda always has a way to persuade Frances.<\/p>\n<p>If this continues, sooner or later, Frances will fall into her hands.<\/p>\n<p>And I will never allow it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I frown at him and question, &#8220;You promised to go with me. What should I do if you weren&#8217;t here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You go first. I&#8217;ll be there soon. You&#8217;ll meet at ten o&#8217;clock, right? Perhaps you haven&#8217;t arrived there when Albie finishes the shot. Be good and wait for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As he speaks, he just ignores me and left with Hilda.<\/p>\n<p>What should I do?<\/p>\n<p>Who can understand my helplessness?<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, I really can&#8217;t get it. Frances is such a smart guy. Can&#8217;t he see through Hilda&#8217;s tricks?<\/p>\n<p>Or is it that he is aware of it but just become a part of it?<\/p>\n<p>The more I think, the more unsettled I am.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think you can tell that Frances cares about Hilda, right? It&#8217;s just that they met each other at the wrong time. If Hilda was a single lady, Frances might have married her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The voice of old Mr. Louis sounded.<\/p>\n<p>And it gives me another strike.<\/p>\n<p>I turned over and stated, &#8220;Old Mr. Louis, I won&#8217;t believe you and will never divorce Frances. If Frances likes her, why didn&#8217;t he date her since her husband has passed away? He can just use the excuse of taking care of her, right? Then, why did he marry me?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, I can clearly feel Frances\u2019 love.<\/p>\n<p>You can pretend to like a woman. But love can&#8217;t be fake.<\/p>\n<p>With that, I walk out with Earl.<\/p>\n<p>When we pass by him, I couldn&#8217;t help but glance at his hand.<\/p>\n<p>Because of his age, his wrinkled skin is dim and dull, but I can still tell that the scald is very serious.<\/p>\n<p>Does he really hate me? And does he really want me to divorce Frances?<\/p>\n<p>If that&#8217;s the case, why did he risk his life to save me?<\/p>\n<p>I turn around and gaze at him with deep doubts, only to see him sigh imperceptibly.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting my gaze, he panics and quickly turns around.<\/p>\n<p>But his gaze was deeply imprinted in my mind.<\/p>\n<p>Why does he look sorry?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-479","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/479","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=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}