President's Substitute Wife novel Chapter 278

When Ming took a bath, I hurried back to my room to get dressed.

I had been in a coma for a long time, so I had lost a lot of weight recently. I was a little pale. In order not to let James worry about me, I changed my makeup and painted a peach red blush. I looked much better.

When I opened the door, Ming just came out.

He was wearing a pure white bathrobe. The front neckline opened to the waist to reveal his strong chest muscles.

I couldn’t help blushing and slightly lowering my head. “I’m ready. I’ll wait for you in the living room later.”

“OK.”

Ming’s voice came into my ears with a smile.

He entered the bedroom before I came out to the living room.

I sat on the sofa and picked up the little doll next to me. It was a cute kitten.

Its head was big.

Ming’s dolls didn’t match him very well.

I held the cat doll for a while. I heard a chuckle around me. I turned around and found Ming standing next to me. He looked at me and smiled.

“I’ll buy more later if you like.” Ming said.

I quickly put the doll aside and shook my head. “No.” He was dressed so I said, “you’re ready, right? Then let’s go.”

“OK.” He put his hand to me and his palm was up.

I was stunned and understood what he was going to do. I hesitated for a moment and reached for him.

It was nearly six o’clock. When we went out, there were some traffic jams on the road outside. It wasn’t a long journey, but it took us more than an hour.

We went to James’s house.

When we got in, there was a housekeeper and a servant standing in the living room. James sat alone on the wide sofa and read the newspaper.

Maybe the room was too big. He looked very lonely sitting there alone.

“Uncle Jessop.” I called him as I walked in.

James looked up and saw me. He smiled and said, “you’d better call me Grandpa. I don’t think it’s right for you to call me Uncle.”

“Grandpa Jessop.” I said.

I should call him Grandpa.

Because we were late, the food was ready. James asked us to have dinner.

James didn’t let me drink this time.

They didn’t drink either.

Tonight’s dinner was more like a regular meal.

But the atmosphere was a bit subdued.

When I ate, I obviously felt that James was not happy. His attitude to Ming was not as good as last time.

We all laid down our chopsticks after we were almost full.

James stood up and said to Ming, “Ming, are you full? Come with me. I have something to tell you.”

“OK.” Ming was not surprised at all by what James said. He stood up and said to me, “wait for me for a moment. I’ll be downstairs in a minute.”

“OK.”

I nodded.

I thought something was going to happen.

They left. I put down my chopsticks and sat on the sofa alone.

On the tea table was the newspaper that James read just now.

I picked it up and I saw the news at a glance saying, “the Giant group’s 10 billion investment may have been in vain.”

I hesitated for a long time. I didn’t restrain myself. I picked up my phone and started editing a message.

But because of my special relationship with him, no matter how I edited this message, I was not satisfied with the content.

In the end, I just edited, “are you ok?”

As I hesitated to send it, someone came down the stairs.

I quickly locked the screen of my mobile phone.

I looked up and saw Ming and James coming downstairs. James’s face was more relaxed than before.

James came up to me and said, “Becky, I just discussed your wedding date with Ming. Ming said he didn’t want to rush. I want you to get engaged first. After all, I’m old. If you get engaged earlier, I’ll be relieved earlier.”

“Engagement?”

I didn’t expect James to say that to Ming.

But Ming was not young. James was nearly eighty years old. He would certainly make some plans for future generations.

Ming looked at me and asked me in a normal voice, “is it too sudden? We can wait a little longer.”

“You’re just engaged, not married. Besides, Miss Jones is not young.” James seemed to be afraid of my refusal and advised me, “I’ve experienced it. Work is endless but emotion cannot be delayed.”

“Yes.”

I was just admitting that James was right.

But James seemed to think I had promised. He nodded and said, “I’ve asked someone. January 20th next year is a good day. If you have no objection, I will inform people to reserve a hotel.”

I was stunned.

January 20th.

It was less than three months from now.