Chapter 56
\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 56<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you know?\u201d I ask confusingly.<\/p>\n
Did Steven Song see me dragged into the car by Frances Louis?<\/p>\n
He curls his lips and points at my face.<\/p>\n
What?<\/p>\n
I look myself in the mirror, finding that my mouth is red and my lips are swollen.<\/p>\n
Damn Frances Louis! He kisses me so hard.<\/p>\n
Steven Song is an old dog in love, so he knows what happened. Embarrassed, I go to the bathroom to wash my face and put on my makeup.<\/p>\n
When I get back to my office, Steven Song closes the door and says to me apologetically,<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you today. I don\u2019t know Frances Louis would give you such a hard time.\u201d<\/p>\n
I know he is talking about Frances Louis asking me to take off his belt.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn’t matter. Unlocking his belt makes the company tens of millions of dollars. It\u2019s worth it. I don’t know if I’ll get a bonus for doing so well.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne hundred thousand dollars.\u201d “Steven Song says with understatement.<\/p>\n
A thrill runs through me.<\/p>\n
One hundred thousand dollars is nothing to Steven Song, but for me, it represents one step closer to paying off Frances Louis and maybe I can get rid of him sooner.<\/p>\n
Maybe one year, or shorter. I must try harder!<\/p>\n
Holding this thought, I have a lot of energy in the afternoon and design a sketch of a wristwatch. Steven Song looks at it and says there are still some flaws and wants me to improve it.<\/p>\n
\u201cActually, I find that you are quite talented, you are not the mud as your mother said, why don’t you work hard?\u201d I ask Steven Song.<\/p>\n
Steven Song’s eyes darken down, and I know I have asked something I shouldn\u2019t have.<\/p>\n
But next second, Steven Song turns back to be a playboy.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it\u2019s easy to be a mud.\u201d<\/p>\n
I feel a little strange to call her auntie. Because this man, standing in front of me, looks so young.<\/p>\n
His mother smiles and nods to me like she didn\u2019t hear what I said, \u201cYou can cook, very good.\u201d<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know what to say and go straight into the kitchen. After I cook the meal, I walk out and ready to go. Steven Song’s mother insists that I stay for dinner, but I decline her.<\/p>\n
She takes my hand and gives me her card, \u201cThat\u2019s my card. Call me if you need me.\u201d<\/p>\n
I look at her card, \u201cShelly Harper\u201d, a tender name.<\/p>\n
I come out of Steven Song’s house and a rainstorm catches me off guard.<\/p>\n
I run into a coffee shop, take a seat and order a cup of coffee. I want to wait until the rain stops.<\/p>\n
The cool weather matches the warm, fragrant coffee.<\/p>\n
I am enjoying this moment when a cup of hot coffee is poured over my head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-80","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/80","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=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}