President's Substitute Wife

“Oh.” I did not say anything.

Even though this was an obvious excuse, I don’t want to expose it.

After all, knowing the truth didn’t do me any good.

When he saw that I did not continue to ask, he asked me again, “Don’t you say that you recently participated in a design competition with a friend? How did you meet her?”

“We have already registered on the website, and we will be notified two days later, so I took the time to meet Marcia to discuss the wedding.” I lowered my eyes and said, “After all, this should be the last time in my life to get married. After thinking about it carefully, I think I should be careful.”

I said this just to hope that Ming was happy.

He seemed to be in a better mood to hear that.

In the afternoon, he took me to Arthur to discuss the case of Inez Fanning and Marlin Carter. After all, in a few months, the first trial will begin.

I had a firm attitude toward this case.

Whatever the result was, I didn’t care.

I will know the topic of the design competition tomorrow.

I took my computer and design tools to Linda’s office. I was ready to do my best in the design competition.

When everything was done, I made a cup of coffee.

Just after I took a sip, Linda asked me behind me, “Becky, this design competition lasts 30 days and is very urgent. If the plan cannot be determined at one time, we must work overtime if we want to ensure the completion. What about your son? Can he leave you?”

When it came to this, I was stunned.

I took it for granted that I planned to work during the day and stayed with Lester at night.

But when Linda said that, I realized I could not.

If nothing had happened recently, I would definitely give Lester to Ming, but now I was not assured.

He would not hurt Lester, but...

“How about bringing your son here with my baby? My family has a babysitter, and one or two children are the same.” Linda suggested.

not going to work.”

I smiled.

Lester to Linda instead of Ming, he won’t agree with

question really embarrassed me.

In the evening, Ming and I picked Lester home. After dinner, Lester fell asleep and Ming went to the

figure out what to do, my phone rang.

was Murray.

When I picked up the phone, he asked me,

he asked, I remembered that I had been busy since I came back. So

I did not

I told Murray

Murray did not blame me and said, “Come on. I’ll see you tomorrow. At that time, I will

“Will you come tomorrow?”

I heard that Murray was coming tomorrow, I felt like I had

what was bothering me, so he asked, “What? Don’t you welcome me?

“Welcome!” I was thrilled.

was going to participate in a design competition recently and I

you let Ming look after him? And it is not convenient for me

he mentioned Ming, I hesitated a moment before asking Murray,

“Huh? Did you quarrel with him?”

I shook my head. “Something has been happening lately, and I am getting the

know how to go on.

phone. “I know what you are trying to say. I just want to say that if a person starts from scratch and he eventually succeeds, he

“You mean...”

that may be forced by the situation. You just need to know that he treats you well.” Murray understood my concerns and said, “Okay, I’ll start looking after Lester for you tomorrow. But if you don’t win this competition, don’t

“OK!

studying with Murray for several years, I may not

confident when it came to this kind

an electronic version of my mother Margaret’s portrait and

picked up Murray and gave him the key of the house. And I gave him the

the title of the competition had been

topic was about

of the competition, high-end interior design.

and I had a lot of ideas on this topic.