Chapter 75
\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 75<\/p>\n
If it were anyone else, I wouldn’t be afraid to miss his\/her calls.<\/p>\n
But he is Frances Louis.<\/p>\n
He won’t call me if there is nothing of particular importance. Two missed calls illustrate the seriousness of the matter.<\/p>\n
After all, he is the patron. After a while of hesitation, I call Frances Louis back.<\/p>\n
It rings several times before he answers the phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome to my room, now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then Frances Louis hangs up.<\/p>\n
My heart is beating severely. His wife and he live together, if I go to his room, I would be a sheep who sends itself to the tiger’s mouth.<\/p>\n
But Frances Louis speaks in such a decisive tone that I don\u2019t have the courage to refuse.<\/p>\n
Steven Song only knows that I called Frances Louis, but he doesn\u2019t know what I said to him. After he sends me to the hotel, he goes upstairs alone.<\/p>\n
When I get out of the elevator and pass 306, I find the door is unlocked.<\/p>\n
I have already got an idea in the car. If I ran into Whitney Jordan, I’d say I come here to discuss with her about her works. Anyway, I watched yesterday’s show carefully, and it is easy to select a topic about it.<\/p>\n
I knock softly twice, and the voice of Frances Louis sounds from inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome in.\u201d<\/p>\n
I walk in, don\u2019t dare to close the door.<\/p>\n
Frances Louis is sitting at the head of the bed. His fingers are rapping on the computer, apparently, he is dealing with business.<\/p>\n
Whitney Jordan isn\u2019t in the room. The bathroom light is off. It looks like she isn\u2019t here.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is your wife?\u201d I ask.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s gone.\u201d He closes the computer and gets out of bed.<\/p>\n
With two steps, he is in front of me.<\/p>\n
I couldn’t get used to his sudden approach. I step back a little bit. Until there is no room for me to retreat, and my body sticks on the wall.<\/p>\n
I am confused. His wife is still here in the morning, why she left in the afternoon?<\/p>\n
I want to ask more when I remember what he said to me. It\u2019s not my turn to ask about his business. So, I press down the doubt in my heart.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n
I ask him nervously.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou went to the hospital?\u201d<\/p>\n
He asks, frowning. He stares at me, his eyes serious.<\/p>\n
I am a little surprised. I don\u2019t remember I tell him that I\u2019ll go to the hospital, how could he know?<\/p>\n
\u201cThe smell of disinfectant.\u201d He reads my mind and says lightly.<\/p>\n
His nose is as sensitive as a dog\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Frances Louis suddenly roars at me, like fire is coming out of his eyes.<\/p>\n
Damn him! All right! I will go out! Why is he so angry? Just because I need his help?<\/p>\n
I am also a person with a temper. I am yelled by him for no reason. I feel humiliated and slam the door and leave.<\/p>\n
Frances Louis doesn\u2019t attend the show for the next day. He doesn\u2019t call me again, and I haven’t contacted him.<\/p>\n
After the show, Steven Song and I fly back to Virginia overnight.<\/p>\n
When I get home, Frances Louis is not there. For the first time, I stay in this huge villa alone.<\/p>\n
When Frances Louis left, he said he would be away for a week. Now the show is over, does he have other plans? I don\u2019t want to ask him because we are in the cold war. It\u2019s nice to have him not here. I don’t want to see him anyway.<\/p>\n
The next morning, I go to work.<\/p>\n
Nicole Snow should have known that I was at the show with Steven Song these days, so she doesn\u2019t ask where I’ve been.<\/p>\n
It’s just that when she looks at me, her eyes are with more hostility. I think she sees me as a woman who climb up by flirting with men.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want to explain to someone who doesn\u2019t know about me.<\/p>\n
\u201cJane Noyes, get these materials for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nicole Snow throws me a pile of paper, on which carefully noting the materials and brands to buy.<\/p>\n
I look out of the window and recoil.<\/p>\n
Today, the force of wind is seven to ten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-99","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/99","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=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}