In My Desperate Time novel Chapter 51

Frances Louis is standing there, watching me quietly.

His eyes are cold, without any expression, but I still feel guilty.

I always feel like a woman caught in bed by her husband.

But it's my relationship with him that's unpresentable.

I think, what should I do if Frances Louis comes over at this moment? If Noah Jefferson knows about my relationship with Frances Louis, I would feel embarrassed in front of him for the rest of my life.

“Jane Noyes.”

Seeing me don’t answer him, Noah Jefferson urges me again.

I know he is waiting for my response.

If there is a ray of white moonlight in everyone's heart, Noah Jefferson is the irreplaceable in my heart. It never occurs to me that the person I hide in my heart is liking me the same way.

If I had known this, if I can be brave then, maybe now, everything would be different.

But now, I don’t know how to answer him.

How could I dare to respond to the feelings of Noah Jefferson when I could not see my own future?

And the presence of Frances Louis makes me even more nervous.

Fortunately, Frances Louis only looks at me for a few seconds and then gets into the car. I am relieved to see the car fly away.

All the while, Noah Jefferson looks at me so tenderly that it almost melts me.

“Why haven’t you come in? Come in and flirt!”

Seeing we stand outside, the second-generation rich boy comes out and calls us in.

Feeling like I am grasping at a life-saving straw, I say to Noah Jefferson, “Let’s come in first.”

Like I thought, he doesn’t have time to talk about it after we get inside.

During the whole process, everyone is singing and playing games and the whole room is noisy. Naturally, that topic couldn’t have a chance to be continued.

But Noah Jefferson’s words reverberate in my mind. They touch my soft heart again and again.

“Jane Noyes, I like you.”

The whole time, Noah Jefferson's eyes are locked on me.

The crowd also see the difference between us and boo, “Noah Jefferson, if you lover her, just get her! Anyway, she is single, don’t be a coward! Just take her home tonight and make a baby! everything will be easy!”

My face blushes at once. My eyes dodge and I don't know what to say.

It is Fountain who is speaking. We were good friends in high school, but does she mean to embarrass me by saying that now?

“I will leave if you make any jokes.” Noah Jefferson says lightly. Hearing what he says, people lost the fun and go on playing.

It looks like they're staying up all night. At about ten o 'clock, I get up and want to go.

Frances Louis doesn’t like me going home too late. He catches me at such a scene tonight. I feel a little guilty. It is better for me to go home early.

“Why go home so early? You are single now and there would be no husband to blame you. Come on, stay and enjoy your life.” Joy, the commissary in charge of sports in high school, says.

“I have to go to work tomorrow. I am divorced and no one feed me. If I am late, someone would deduct my wages.”