President's Substitute Wife

“Yes.” I replied without hesitation.

It was a little sudden for me, but now that I had agreed, I had to do it.

And I had convinced myself thousands of times.

Now no matter who asked me, I would answer “yes” without hesitation.

Daisy put the chopsticks in her mouth and frowned. She looked at me and said, “but I don’t think you’re happy when you mention it. You lived with Sean that year, but...”

“Stop talking.” I interrupted Daisy decisively, “it’s all over. He married Cindy. Don’t talk about him.”

“But...”

“I’ve got good news.” To stop Daisy, I said to her, “Inez and Marlin are not my biological parents, so my biological parents are others.”

“Really?” Daisy was shocked.

I told her what had happened recently.

Daisy was surprised. “You had an accident but you didn’t tell me! Have you treated me as a friend?”

“I’m fine. Ming has been taking care of me.”

Ming had been taking care of me for two weeks.

He was meticulous and thoughtful.

Sacred Heart Hospital belonged to him and he gave orders. So even if he wasn’t there, the nurse came to see me three times an hour and was afraid that something might happen to me.

When I mentioned Ming, Daisy pouted, “is Ming so good? I think his smile is just his mask.”

“Why?”

When I said that, I felt guilty.

In fact, I didn’t think I really knew Ming. He never really opened up to me.

What he let me see is what he wanted me to see.

But he was really nice to me.

Daisy continued to eat and said nothing.

supper she took the initiative to wash the dishes. When I was cleaning up the garbage, Daisy said, “June, think about it. You may get married more than once, but once you

“I have made up my

I replied decisively.

I had convinced

turned

really want to marry

I agreed and booked a

to me. How could I break his heart?

couldn’t stand it at last. She took off her gloves and put her hands on my shoulders and

her and smiled

a lifetime than to marry someone you don’t love.” Daisy took me. “Who said women must get married? Now you have

“Men don’t just pay.”

too long.

shaken the faith I had already instilled in myself.

I looked at her and my mood was complicated. I couldn’t even

After a long time I

“But what? You have to marry someone you love. If you marry Ming

the

I was guilty and bowed my head. “How could he be pitiful? He will

he? I’ll tell him for you

Daisy seemed to have made

gloves and

I looked at her and froze.

She said it with ease.

But I couldn’t do that.

I stared at

even

together, Daisy pointed to the second bedroom and said, “there are things you left in my house before. I think you’d

I didn’t know what she meant.

the box. I saw a sketch book lying on the top of the painting tool, and my heart hurt a

what was inside.

Sean when I was

At this moment, I didn’t even

bottom of my heart so

only a few months after I came back that the wound festered again.