President's Substitute Wife

Ming’s words made me want to laugh. I looked up at him and said, “I don’t need anyone to protect me. I can protect myself.”

I finished and turned to leave.

As soon as I stepped, I heard him ask, “what about Lester?”

His words stopped me at once.

Ming’s words alarmed me.

When I left him, I bet he didn’t inject Lester with anything, but even now I was not sure.

After all, he was Ming.

He was too insidious, and what he had done showed that he was not kind.

I stood there and clenched my hands.

I didn’t speak. Ming asked me, “how’s Lester doing? Is he in good health? Does he have a fever?”

I chewed my lips with my teeth and advised myself not to be impulsive for many times before I said, “Lester is in good health. Thank you for your concern.”

“All right.” He replied lightly, “if he has a high fever, you can come to me. Maybe it’s not late.”

What did he mean?

His tone was firm!

He was sure Lester would have a high fever!

I couldn’t bet on Lester. I thought about it and asked, “you said Lester would get sick at the age of seven or eight. He is not yet six years old.”

“Everyone is different.”

Ming responded.

I didn’t look back and I couldn’t see his face.

I got flustered, but I was afraid Ming said it on purpose and wanted me to beg him.

I couldn’t get involved with him any more.

in case Lester...

there was footsteps outside, and soon I saw Margaret coming. She looked at me and then Ming and said, “Laura.”

“Mom, why are you

I got nervous when I saw Margaret.

I knew Ming wouldn’t do anything in front of me, but I

me with my

he said in a soft and close voice, “Hello, auntie, I’m Laura’s friend.”

it. He immediately followed Margaret to call me

said unfriendly, “Mr. Jessop, please don’t call me that. Only my mother can call me Laura.”

“Oh, I‘m sorry.” Ming was not angry and smiled, “Auntie, why haven’t you slept yet?”

her fifties, but she had spent most of her life in a lunatic asylum and

smiled kindly, “Hello, you’re Laura’s friend, aren’t you?”

grabbed Margaret and said, “I’m not friends with him.

back

“Becky.”

Jessop, good night.”

I ignored him and took

I really didn’t want my family to have anything to do with Ming.

having had such

didn’t say much.

back to her room. Margaret didn’t let me go but pulled me and said, “does Mr. Jessop like you?”

to be honest, it seemed that no family other than Sherry cared

I said, “the man I like is in

“OK.”

Margaret nodded and

went to the main hall again.

next day, I took Margaret with me to buy clothes. The trade of

We went into a mall. She looked around and was curious

the hospital. Margaret was a little scared. At first she dared not take the escalator. Later I took

went into a shop. I asked her to try on a

came out of the dressing room.

She wanted to take me

Don’t you like

This time I took her out alone. I was afraid she was suddenly ill and I couldn’t

said,

was stunned by Margaret’s words.