{"id":547,"date":"2026-09-28T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-523\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:37:00","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-523","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-523\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 523"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 523<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 523<\/p>\n<p>It is Frances.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t expect that Hilda will bring Frances here.<\/p>\n<p>The moment I see Frances, I wish I can be invisible to him.<\/p>\n<p>But I don&#8217;t have such a superpower.<\/p>\n<p>So I can only watch him getting closer to me.<\/p>\n<p>But his gaze has never fallen on me.<\/p>\n<p>He stops in front of Hilda and gives her a gentle smile.<\/p>\n<p>I stand at the side. I feel my eyes sour, but I dare not to cry.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, I have to talk to them with a smile on my face.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;May I take your order?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frances, you should order. You know my taste.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two filet steaks. One should be medium-well with tomato sauce. The other should be medium with some black pepper and some black truffles. And add a spoon of caviar on black truffles. Also, a green salad, an Italian cocoa, and a bottle of red wine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He does know Hilda&#8217;s taste.<\/p>\n<p>I know Frances&#8217; taste, but he never knows what I like.<\/p>\n<p>Hilda&#8217;s taste is so complex. But he still remembers what she likes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can you remember what he said? The menu isn&#8217;t on his face. Why are you staring at him?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hilda says coldly.<\/p>\n<p>Only then do I realize that I have stared at Frances for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, it is hard to conceal the feelings for the one you love.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the more I try to hide, the more others will see through me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I retract my gaze and take the list to the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>After the meals are prepared, I place the food on the table before them.<\/p>\n<p>Hilda looks at the steak and frowns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My distinguished guest, what can I do for you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of your employees has wrongly conveyed my request. And I&#8217;m not happy with her attitude. What do you want to do about that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The manager is put into a hard position.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always done my job well in the restaurant and the manager likes me.<\/p>\n<p>I think he knows that Hilda is deliberately looking for trouble.<\/p>\n<p>But there is nothing he can do for me. After all, customers&#8217; needs are the restaurant&#8217;s first consideration.<\/p>\n<p>After thinking for a while, he glares at me and says in a deep voice, &#8220;What are you doing? Now apologize to this beautiful lady!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apologize?<\/p>\n<p>He wants me to apologize to Hilda?<\/p>\n<p>No way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-547","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/547","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=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}