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.

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

So I liked painting him.

I sprayed it with fixative.

It was a kind of eternity.

When I began to draw his second

was obvious that he was hesitant. At last he got up and went to the balcony.

on the balcony. He

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

I stopped drawing and just looked at

Sean finally came out of the balcony.

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, call me right away. Don’t make a sound.

He paused.

seemed that he was thinking about what else he didn’t

“What happened?” I

He never seemed like that.

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

Sean finished

light of TV. I looked at the unfinished

I turned off the TV and went upstairs to turn off all the lights.

Although I was afraid and worried, I tried to overcome

lying in bed alone as if waiting for something.

for a long time. Nothing happened and I didn’t

was anxious and I had many guesses in

was even wondering if he would never come

I looked at the wall clock and it

Sean hadn’t come back yet. Did

him? What if

someone downstairs opening

was extremely nervous.

up in the quilt and my heart pounded.

Then I heard the footsteps of someone

It was Sean.

the rhythm of his

it was him, I quickly got up from the bed and walked

“Honey!”

I rushed over and hugged Sean’s

shouting, I was also a little shocked.

his neck and get closed to his body. “Honey, shall we get married? I don’t want anything. I just want you to be my husband.”

He gently held my body and carried

was dark and I couldn’t see his expression, but I could feel him tired.

on the bed and as

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