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.”

little diffident. “My master

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

But he gave me all my

I had been

Linda smiled and said, “it’s lucky to have a good

have you been these years? You quit when you came back from the resort. I

After that, we talked about what happened

After Linda resigned, she went to study abroad. There she met her present

Her husband returned to the United States because of his

and took only one job.

She designed Tang

Time that day. Jonas promised

But I met Linda first.

Linda told me that in order to develop in York, she planned to take part in a design competition at the end of the year and gave me

competition, I was also very

After a chat, we decided

I seemed to have a lot

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

to pick up our children. Besides, I hadn’t bought a

knew I was going to buy Ming a present. She suggested, “I think you can think about stationery. Doctors use it.”

Her words

a famous stationery store. All stationery in it could be engraved with

I chose an ink blue pen.

I had the owner

Then I said goodbye to Linda and went

Tomorrow was Ming’s

would break Ming’s birthday present. I

In the evening, I called Ming when

His cell phone had

him in nearly 24 hours.

not long, but after I came to York, Ming would contact me no matter how

He seldom did

I couldn’t help feeling

I cooked and had dinner with Lester. During this

every time the result was the

the cold system sound, “the phone you dialed is off...”

I had a bad feeling. Was something wrong with Ming?

at home. I couldn’t leave Lester alone, and I couldn’t take

I could only

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

“OK.”