President's Substitute Wife

I opened the shoe cabinet. There were two pairs of cotton slippers in it. One pair was blue and the other was pink.

And there were two pairs of ordinary plastic slippers. One pair was blue and the other was pink.

I remembered they weren’t here when I lived here.

I took out those pink slippers.

A little slip of paper fell out. I picked it up and saw it said, “remember to wear cotton slippers in winter. Keep warm and don’t catch cold.”

There was no date on it.

I put on the slippers and opened the closet. The clothes inside were all new. There were home clothes and bathrobes for different seasons.

The table was full of brand new advanced cosmetics.

I was confused and went to the kitchen.

There was a pink note on the fridge, “there’s pudding in the fridge.”

I opened the refrigerator and saw that there were really two boxes of pudding in it.

I took a look at the date.

Yesterday.

Seeing this time, my heart became cold.

What did it mean? Did Ming come here often?

It immediately made me feel terrible, but I was a little excited. If I could see Ming, could I let him let me go?

But soon I woke up.

I thought of Arthur’s attitude. He was just moving himself.

He just wanted me to beg him.

I shook my head and took out a big box. I put all the new things in the box, including cosmetics and clothes.

One box was not enough, so I used two!

Finally, I used two big boxes to load all the things Ming gave me. I found a piece of paper and wanted to write a note telling Ming that I sold the house, but I hesitated and threw the paper away.

I called security and changed a

Then I put these things at Ming’s

didn’t want to use his things and I didn’t want to leave them for

carried a small bag of my things to the security office. I

was evening and it was time to

the community and

been holding those things for

And I couldn’t use the software to take a taxi.

I realized that maybe I should learn to drive.

necessary skill before. Now it seemed that this skill

take a taxi, I

When I saw this car, my

Ming’s car.

back door open slowly. Ming sat in the back seat and still smiled and asked me, “where are you going? I’ll drive you.”

“No!”

nervously turned around and left.

door. I was not sure if Ming got out of the car or if he closed and left. I dared not look back. I held the bag in my hand and

But soon I heard

me and say in a soft voice, “you

seemed to say, “you can’t

I finally

I had done nothing

He used me and cheated me

I stopped immediately and turned to Ming. My eyes were cold, “President Jessop, why are you here? Do you want

“You can regret it.”

Ming said calmly.

“Didn’t you say we wouldn’t see each other again? What are you doing now?”

we meet.

Ming looked at

absurd word for you and me.” I sneered, “President Jessop, you and I are forced to have a good relationship, otherwise we will not

I finally saw an empty taxi.

I reached decisively to stop it.

and got in the car before Ming

didn’t want to be controlled by anyone any more. I wouldn’t shrink back. I wanted to find

But before I closed, I heard him say

the taxi to Sherry’s house. I felt more relaxed here than ever before. It seemed that I belonged here.

Or here I could really let go what happened outside.