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

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

But he gave me all my contacts and resources.

felt like I had been living in his shadow.

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

“Where have you been these years? You quit when you came back from the resort. I always wanted to contact you.”

about what happened to us in recent

There she met her present husband. It wasn’t long before they got married and had children.

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

back and

She designed

to Tang Time that day. Jonas promised to give me information about the designer, but he

I met Linda first.

to take part in a design competition at the end of the year and

competition, I

After a chat, we decided to

to have a lot to talk about.

when I got back to my

our children. Besides, I hadn’t bought

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 names.

an ink blue pen.

I had the owner engrave and

Then I said goodbye to Linda and went to pick up Lester.

was Ming’s birthday.

was afraid Lester would break Ming’s birthday present.

In the evening, I called Ming when I started cooking.

cell phone had been off.

I hadn’t seen him in nearly 24 hours.

but after I came to York, Ming would contact me no matter how busy he was and accompany me to dinner.

seldom did that!

couldn’t help feeling uneasy.

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

the

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

could only endure.

going out to find Uncle

“OK.”