President's Substitute Wife

One was purple and the other was water blue.

“What is this?” I could see at a glance that these two boxes must be ornaments.

As he took off his suit, he said, “the purple one is Jack’s gift to Daisy.”

“And the blue one?”

“I bought it for you.”

“Me?” I picked up the blue box with white ribbon outside.

When I hesitated to open it, he had changed his clothes and came over. He held my waist and put his chin on my shoulder. “Other women have gifts. Of course, you have to have gifts.”

“Thank you...”

My heart was warm.

“Don’t say thank you to me. I said I’ll love you this time.” He held the box in his hands. “Open it up and see if you like it.”

“OK.”

I opened the box and there was a necklace in it. There was a curved pendant like a smiling face.

I remembered a colleague wearing it before.

When I saw it, I thought of the necklace Sean had given me before.

Sean reached out and took out the necklace. The next second I felt my neck cool.

He put the necklace on me and said, “Eric recommended it to me. He said girls like it, so I guess you will, too.”

“I like it. Thank you.”

By this time he had put it on me.

I bowed my head and touched the necklace on my neck. There was an indescribable feeling in my heart.

In the evening, Sean and I had dinner and sat on the sofa together. He watched the financial news. I sat and sketched.

When Sean was here, I always sketched him.

I drew him from every angle every night.

There were many difficulties in this relationship. This time I really hoped we could be together forever.

But I was always upset.

be just a meteor across my sky. Even if I tried my best to catch it, it was just a passer-by.

liked painting

it

was a kind of eternity.

his second sketch of tonight, his

and frowned slightly. It was obvious that he was hesitant. At last he got up and went to the

I watched him answer the phone on the balcony. He kept pacing during the call.

He walked up and down the balcony and frowned. It seemed that

and just

Sean finally came out of the balcony.

turned to look at me at the door and hesitated for a moment. He said, “turn off the lights and the TV. Go upstairs and have a rest. If someone comes in,

He

thinking about what else he didn’t

happened?” I looked at Sean.

seemed like

He was silent for a moment and said, “Nothing. I’ll turn off the light for you

Sean finished and left.

in the living room. The whole first floor only had the light of TV. I looked at the unfinished sketch in my hand

went upstairs to turn off all the

worried, I tried to overcome it in order to

I was lying in bed alone as if waiting for something.

long time. Nothing

had many guesses in my mind.

was even wondering if he would

at the wall clock and it was 3

Sean hadn’t come back yet. Did something

him? What if he

heard someone downstairs opening

I was

I curled up in the

heard the footsteps of someone going upstairs.

was

familiar with the rhythm of his going

bed and walked to the bedroom door. I saw him coming up

“Honey!”

I rushed over and hugged

When I realized what I was shouting, I was

get closed to his body. “Honey, shall we get married? I don’t want anything. I just want you

body and carried me to the bedroom.

see his expression, but I could feel him

I was standing on the bed and as tall as he

at his face in the moonlight and asked him,