President's Substitute Wife

After I agreed, Ming seemed to want to say something. I heard his other cell phone ring.

“Wait a minute. I have to answer the phone.” Ming didn’t hang up. I heard him answer the phone and say, “I’ll be right there.”

Then he picked up the phone and said, “I’m sorry. There’s an emergency in the hospital. I have to go.”

“OK, you can go.”

I responded.

I hung up and soon heard Ming open the door.

I opened the door, too. He was dressed and waiting for the elevator.

He smiled when he saw me. He came up and hugged me. “Wait for me to come back. Remember the birthday present you promised me.”

“OK.” I nodded and hugged him. “I’ll wait for you to come back.”

Although Ming wanted me to accompany him for one day, I still thought I had to prepare a birthday present for him.

The next morning, Ming didn’t seem to come back. I sent Lester by myself and went shopping.

The clerk at the counter recommended me countless gifts in the morning, but I didn’t like them very much.

Ming was not a business person, so ties and cufflinks were not suitable for him.

But I didn’t know what else to send him.

When I was about to find a place for lunch, my cell phone rang.

It was my personal cell phone.

And it was Linda!

I answered the phone at once.

She asked me out for lunch. We chose a western restaurant not far from both of us.

By the time I arrived, she had arrived.

Today Linda was wearing a well cut cape and skirt and high heels.

Five years ago her hair was black, long and straight, but now it was brown and curly.

When Linda saw me, she said, “I didn’t expect Becky, the famous designer, to be you.”

was a little diffident. “My master is famous,

In recent years, Murray no longer designed. I did design and he just taught

gave me all my contacts

I felt like I had been living in his shadow.

smiled and said, “it’s lucky

you came back

we talked about what happened to us in recent years.

she went to study abroad. There she met her

Her husband returned to the United States because of his work,

came back and took only one

designed Tang Time.

I remember going to Tang Time that day. Jonas promised to give me information about the designer, but he didn’t.

But I met Linda first.

that in order to develop in York, she planned to take part in a design competition at the

Seeing this design competition, I was also very excited.

decided to

Linda and I seemed to have a lot to talk

It was already four o’clock when I got back to my senses.

She and I were going to pick up our children. Besides, I hadn’t bought a gift for Ming.

a present. She suggested, “I think you can think about stationery. Doctors use

Her words reminded me.

Linda took me to a famous stationery store. All stationery in it could be engraved with names.

I chose an ink blue pen.

owner engrave

said goodbye to Linda and went to

Tomorrow was Ming’s birthday.

Lester would break Ming’s birthday present. I put it in a very high place.

In the evening, I called Ming when I

cell phone

I hadn’t seen him in nearly 24 hours.

It was not long, but after I came to York, Ming would contact me no matter how busy he was and accompany me to

He seldom did that!

I couldn’t help feeling

I cooked and had dinner with Lester. During this time, I had been calling Ming.

time the result was the

I heard the cold system sound, “the phone you

bad feeling. Was something wrong

leave Lester alone, and I couldn’t

I could

I said to Lester before he fell asleep, “Lester, I’m going out to find

“OK.”