{"id":495,"date":"2026-09-28T15:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-471\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:19:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-471","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-471\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 471"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 471<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 471<\/p>\n<p>I step forward, pat him on the shoulder and ask him in a low voice, &#8220;Who are you talking to?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Master Lee turns to look at me with panic. He probably doesn&#8217;t expect to meet me at this time.<\/p>\n<p>After a while, he smiles embarrassedly and says to me, &#8220;Nobody, just a friend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As he speaks, he quietly hangs up the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Liar!<\/p>\n<p>Knowing that he isn&#8217;t going to tell me the truth, I reach out, trying to take over his phone.<\/p>\n<p>He is panicked. Suddenly, he grits his teeth and throws the phone into the river.<\/p>\n<p>The phone falls into the water. I look at Master Lee and can&#8217;t help but frown.<\/p>\n<p>Who on earth is that person he has talked to? Why is he so panicked?<\/p>\n<p>If it is Whitney, he won&#8217;t have to do this, because I&#8217;ve already known about the situation.<\/p>\n<p>What exactly is going on?<\/p>\n<p>Just as I&#8217;m thinking, Master Lee has already fled with his suitcase.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ms. Noyes, please don&#8217;t force me,&#8221; He says loudly as he runs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not gonna tell you anyway. And I&#8217;ve already told you that it was Whitney who had told me to do that. Just leave me alone. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whitney?<\/p>\n<p>How can he not even remember Whitney&#8217;s name?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m even more curious.<\/p>\n<p>But he runs so fast that I can&#8217;t catch up with him at all. After running for a while, the distance between us becomes larger and larger. I can only walk back resentfully.<\/p>\n<p>Mom happens to get a cab for me. So I take Earl and wave bye-bye at them before heading to Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>I get a strange call on the car.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t save the phone number, but it looks familiar.<\/p>\n<p>I pick up the phone, and Noah&#8217;s voice comes from it.<\/p>\n<p>As for Noah, he has made me feel more and more uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You mean you don&#8217;t want to be with me anymore?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, and I&#8217;ve never wanted to be with you!&#8221; I say coldly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good. Very good. You will regret it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then he hangs up angrily.<\/p>\n<p>I put the phone down somewhat dejectedly and feel sorry for Noah.<\/p>\n<p>He used to be a man of integrity and warmth.<\/p>\n<p>But he has become unkind and inhumane that he doesn&#8217;t even care about his own fianc\u00e9e who has just lost their baby and he is still thinking about those nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>A minute later, the phone vibrates.<\/p>\n<p>It is a picture text sent from Noah.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m startled at the sight of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-495","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/495","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=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}