{"id":546,"date":"2026-09-28T15:36:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-522\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:36:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-522","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-522\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 522"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 522<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 522<\/p>\n<p>How dare I open the door?<\/p>\n<p>Hilda is so scary. How dare I face her like this?<\/p>\n<p>I stand there, pretending not to hear her.<\/p>\n<p>Hilda knocks on the door, and her voice becomes even colder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you sure you won&#8217;t open the door? Will you open it if I bring your son here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earl?<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t help but be frightened as she mentions Earl.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m afraid that Hilda will hurt Earl again.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s Frances or Earl, I can&#8217;t let anything happen to them.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how scared I am, I could only take a deep breath and open the door.<\/p>\n<p>Hilda stands at the door and looks at me with a faint smile.<\/p>\n<p>My heart is beating wildly.<\/p>\n<p>Sweat breaks out from my palms.<\/p>\n<p>After a long time, I calm myself down and whisper to Hilda, &#8220;What are you doing here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not what &#8216;I&#8217;m doing here&#8217;. I&#8217;m curious about what are you doing here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s certain that Hilda doesn&#8217;t find mere here by accident.<\/p>\n<p>She must have known something when she comes.<\/p>\n<p>I hope she doesn&#8217;t know why I&#8217;m here.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at her, I ask, &#8220;What do you think I&#8217;m here for?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After saying that, I carefully observe her expression.<\/p>\n<p>Although I already know Hilda&#8217;s identity, what I&#8217;m most afraid of is alerting her.<\/p>\n<p>If she knows that I know her identity, she might do something crazy.<\/p>\n<p>Hilda snorts and says with a smile, &#8220;What else can it be? Frances, of course. Don&#8217;t think that I don&#8217;t know that you&#8217;ve gone to the company to see him. You&#8217;re really na\u00efve. Do you think that he will make up with you as long as you go to him? Don&#8217;t you think that you shot him so ruthlessly? What kind of man can still love a woman who wants to kill him?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What she says really hurts me.<\/p>\n<p>It is noon now and people are so busy in the restaurant. When I run into the staff lounge, there are already many customers.<\/p>\n<p>I think that Hilda has left. I&#8217;m cleaning up the table when someone comes over and pats me on the shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The customers at that table are requiring your services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Which table?<\/p>\n<p>I look up and see Hilda&#8217;s smiling face.<\/p>\n<p>Customers first. If I still want to work here, I can only do my job obediently.<\/p>\n<p>I walk up and suppress my deep hatred for Hilda. I ask with a smile, &#8220;Hello! Is there anything you need?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wait a moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hilda smiles and whispers to me.<\/p>\n<p>I have no choice but to stand there and wait.<\/p>\n<p>After waiting for over ten minutes, Hilda looks at the door and says, &#8220;He&#8217;s coming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I turn around and follow her line of sight. My heart hurts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-546","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/546","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=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}