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 a passer-by.

So I liked

sprayed it with fixative.

It was a kind of eternity.

began to draw his second

and frowned slightly. It was obvious that he was hesitant.

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

I stopped drawing and just looked at him.

minutes later, Sean finally came out of the balcony. He strode to

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. Then...”

He paused.

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

I looked at Sean.

seemed like that.

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

Sean finished and left.

the light of TV. I looked

I turned off the TV and went upstairs to turn off

afraid and worried, I tried to overcome it in order to do

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

time. Nothing happened

was anxious and I had many guesses in my mind.

if he would

I looked at the wall clock and it

Sean hadn’t come back yet. Did

him? What if he misunderstood me?

hesitated, I heard someone downstairs opening the door with the key.

was extremely

Finally I curled up in the

Then I heard the footsteps of

It was

the rhythm of his going upstairs.

it was him, I quickly got up from the bed and walked to the bedroom door. I saw him coming up the stairs.

“Honey!”

I rushed over and

When I realized what I was shouting,

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

He gently held my body and carried me to the bedroom.

see his expression, but I could feel him tired.

I was standing on the bed and as

at his face in the moonlight