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.”

a little diffident. “My master is famous, not me.”

years, Murray no longer designed. I did

me all

I felt like I had been living in his

lucky to have a good master.”

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

After that, we talked about what happened to

There she met her present husband. It wasn’t long before

Her husband returned to the United States because of his work, so she came back.

back and took only

She 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.

to develop in York, she planned to take part in a design competition at the end of the year and gave me the information.

Seeing this design competition, I was

we decided to

and I seemed to have a

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

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

words

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

chose an ink blue

I had the owner engrave and pack it.

to Linda and went to pick up Lester.

Tomorrow was Ming’s birthday.

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

In the evening, I called Ming when

cell phone had been off.

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 seldom did that!

couldn’t help

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

every time the result was

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

had a bad feeling. Was something wrong with Ming?

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

I could only endure.

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

“OK.”