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

I was cleaning up the garbage, Daisy said, “June, think

have made up my mind.”

I replied

I had convinced myself.

my answer and turned to look at

I really want to

booked

me. How could I break his heart?

gloves and put her hands on my

to glance at her and smiled unwillingly. I said, “he’s very kind to me, and you know that.”

“But you are not happy. It’s better not to marry for a lifetime than to marry someone you don’t love.” Daisy took me. “Who said women must

“Men don’t

“So you have to marry the one you love. A lifetime is too long. If you live

shaken the faith

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

time I said, “but...”

If you marry Ming because he is pitiful, he is pitiful indeed!”

by the shoulder. Her words shocked

I was guilty and bowed my head. “How could he

I’ll tell him for you that you don’t like him and don’t

have

Then she put on her gloves and continued to wash the dishes.

at her and froze.

She said it with ease.

But I couldn’t do

I stared at Daisy and

I didn’t even say

“there are

I didn’t know

in and opened the box. I saw a sketch book lying on the top of the painting

I knew what

drew for Sean when I was

this moment, I didn’t even have the courage

It took me five years to bury it in the bottom of my heart so that the wound

it was only a few months after I