In My Desperate Time

After hanging up the phone, I still feel ill at ease.

What does Noah Jefferson mean?

“Who was that on the phone?” Frances Louis looks at me and asks in deep voice.

“No one.” I turn my head away with a guilty conscience.

“Why do you blush?” Frances Louis gives me a sneer of disbelief.

All I could do is run upstairs on the excuse that I am tired and want to sleep.

“Stop.” Frances Louis says coldly behind me, successfully stopping my footsteps on the stairs.

I know I'm so wimpy! But I can't help it. I'm just afraid of Frances Louis. He treats me not bad, but he has an innate sense of oppression.

My heart is beating, and I wonder whether to tell Frances Louis the truth or not.

But if I tell him, will he forbid me to go?

Slowly, I turn around and look at Frances Louis, don’t dare to say a word.

The man wipes his mouth gracefully and comes towards me.

The gradually closed distance makes my heart beat up violently.

Or I can just tell him. It's just a normal classmate’s reunion. I have nothing to fear.

“Wash the dishes, clean up the kitchen.”

He passes me and goes into the room.

dying heart. Hearing what he said, I am immediately relieved.

conscience and doesn’t come to see me tonight.

I have a big pimple on

I don’t have pimples. But why at the time of classmate’s reunion and I get a big pimple.

bitter. I have two face masks, which

Desperate!

So desperate!

I put up a lot of concealer and foundation, but couldn't cover up the pimple.

I can only wait for the lights turning dim a little bit and people would not see the

so I don’t have to report my

arrive at the

few years, the fresh and handsome young boy, his edges become more and more clear. Every

I seem to go back to many years ago, back to the age of first love. He passed by mt at the first-grade classroom

in college, he appeared in many of my tossing and turning dreams.

“Jane Noyes, you are here.” Noah Jefferson strides over and gives me a gentle smile.

heart skip a beat. Thinking of the pimple on my face, I quickly lower my head and follow him inside.

Many of them bring their families with

“Jane Noyes, where's your husband? Why you don’t

my high school desk mate and roommate, and we have always been in good relationship.

so I don’t want to hide. I answer directly, “I am

Fountain is stunned, apparently, she doesn’t expect me to say this. She smiles awkwardly and apologizes,

right. Divorce is good for me.”

which makes me shy away from eating freely.

is so uneasy. I liked him for three years, watching him

I don’t dare to, not before,

works in the college as a lecturer. A man like him, who always speaks with an air of elegance, is perfect to be a teacher.