President's Substitute Wife

He refused me, but I was more relieved.

The next morning, Philip still came very early.

But I found that he didn’t change.

He used to change a T-shirt every time he came, but this time he was wearing the same one as yesterday.

And he had black circles.

I realized and asked, “did you go back to school yesterday?”

“Yes, I caught the last bus.” Philip said immediately.

I looked at his clothes and said, “you haven’t changed your clothes. You’re lying to me.”

Philip was exposed and her ears were slightly red. “I missed the last bus, so I stayed in a small hotel all night.”

I could see that he didn’t sleep well.

It was all my fault. I came back too late.

I was a little sorry. I said, “go upstairs.”

“Huh?”

“Go upstairs.”

My voice was tough.

Philip went upstairs at once. I opened the door of a bedroom and said to him, “in the future, if you don’t have time to go back to school, you can live in this room. You can put your clothes in the closet and use the washing machine. You can hang your clothes on the balcony. The bathroom is at the end of the corridor.”

“I can’t do this...”

Philip raised his hand and scratched his head.

“It’s okay. You can play more with Lester in the evening. I can have more rest.”

Then Lester woke up.

at the door of a room. He blinked and said, “will Philip live

comes back late, I will...”

“Great!” Before Philip finished, Lester rushed over and took Philip’s hand.

“No, you have to have

Philip said firmly.

played with Lester,

They were together for two weeks, but Lester learned a lot.

Usually I was busy at work and ignored it.

listened to Philip and nodded, “OK, let’s have

He went downstairs happily.

Seeing Lester so happy, I really appreciated Chloe’s sending me

Philip and I thought he could stay at my house when I came back late.

and wouldn’t let him go. He said to me, “Mom, dad said

“Huh?”

he can have a better rest," Lester said. “He can teach me. I have a

have questions to ask Philip. He just wanted to play with Philip!

was very

I looked at Philip and said, “go back today. Tomorrow you bring your clothes and live here.”

“I...”

“OK! Come on, Philip! Or

Lester said

Philip couldn’t refuse Lester and could only agree.

The next day Philip brought a suitcase

was happy. It was Friday and Philip had to leave

At last Philip had to stay.

had lived in my house since that day. He went back to school occasionally, but

few hundred dollars at home and asked him to go shopping for me.

was here at the weekend. I could go to driving school on weekends. I could get my license as soon as

Soon I passed

taking care of Lester, I decided to take them out to lunch.

him, “Philip, I want to take you and Lester out for lunch. What would

have

I knew Philip would refuse.

eat at home all the time. You can eat anything you want. I want to celebrate

“I want pizza, pizza, pizza!”