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 painting him.

it with fixative.

It was a kind of

began to draw his second sketch of tonight, his cell phone rang.

that

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

frowned. It seemed that he had met something important.

stopped drawing and

the balcony. He strode to the door and picked up his clothes.

for a moment. He said, “turn off the lights and the TV. Go upstairs and have a rest. If someone

He paused.

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

“What happened?” I looked at Sean.

He never seemed like that.

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

Sean finished and

in the living room. The whole first floor only had the light of TV. I

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

I tried to overcome it in order to do what Sean said.

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

I lay for a long time. Nothing happened and I

was anxious and I had

if he would never come back.

I looked at the wall clock and it was

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

Shall I call him? What if he misunderstood me?

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

I was extremely

in the

I heard the footsteps of someone going upstairs.

It was Sean.

was very familiar with the rhythm of his going upstairs.

got up from the bed and walked to

“Honey!”

I rushed over and hugged Sean’s neck.

When I realized what I was shouting, I

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

held my body and carried

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

was standing on the bed

speak. I looked at his face in the