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.

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

I liked

I sprayed it with fixative.

It was a

second sketch of tonight, his cell

It was obvious that he

the balcony. He kept

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

I stopped drawing and just looked at him.

minutes later, Sean finally came out of the balcony. He strode to the door and picked up his clothes.

a moment. He said, “turn off the lights and the TV. Go upstairs and have a rest. If someone comes in, call me right away.

He paused.

It seemed that he was thinking about what else he didn’t tell me.

happened?” I looked at Sean.

seemed like that.

“Nothing. I’ll turn off the light for you first.”

Sean finished and left.

only had the light of TV. I looked at the unfinished sketch in my hand and felt

TV and went upstairs to

to overcome it in order to do what Sean said.

was lying in bed alone as

a long time. Nothing happened and I didn’t fall asleep.

I was anxious and I had many guesses

was even wondering if he would never come back.

looked at the wall clock

Sean hadn’t come back yet. Did something happen to

What

When I hesitated, I heard someone downstairs opening the

I was extremely

up in the

Then I heard the footsteps of someone

was Sean.

the

him, I quickly got up from the bed and walked to the bedroom door. I

“Honey!”

and hugged Sean’s neck.

When I realized what I was shouting, I was also a little shocked.

I didn’t care. I put my hands around his neck and get closed to his body. “Honey,

held my body and carried me to the bedroom.

see his expression, but I could

the bed and as tall as he was.

He didn’t speak. I looked at his face in the moonlight