Contract Marriage With The Disabled CEO

Chapter 17 How Have You Been For The Past Two Years

She remembered that face all too well. His features became more angular, with a trace of maturity in his brows now, compared to the young and delicate ones back in his school years.

But on that face, the gentleness she had missed was long gone. There was nothing but indifference

left.

He was listening to his men around him making reports, nodding from time to time, and giving a few simple instructions.

And with his eyes never set on her, he walked straight into the EIC Office surrounded by the crowd.

Betty paled a little bit.

Jeffrey Martin, how was he back here, and why…

VU

Why would he come back since he had left so resolutely back then, without even a single goodbye?

It had been two years. She had already let it go, more or less. But his reappearance still took and overwhelmed her just like that.

She was not even sure if he had recognized her at the first sight, just like she had as he walked past with a quick brush.

At the thought of that, Betty suddenly mocked herself with a faint smile.

Recognized her or not, what was the difference anyway?

He and she, were never going to be the same as before anymore…

Betty was anxious for an entire day, afraid that Jeffrey would recognize her.

But as it turned out, it had all been her wishful thinking.

Jeffrey took office and held a few meetings immediately to make some adjustments to personnel and the magazine’s positioning.

At the meeting, he listened intently to the reports made by every EIC, occasionally giving some simple instructions, and did not seem to notice Betty sitting at the end of the conference table from beginning to end.

It seemed he had forgotten about her.

than natural. He wouldn’t have left and disappeared without

off work. She didn’t want to stay in the office for one more second, so

her editor-in-chief suddenly

Betty. Send this report to Mr. Martin’s office for me, will you?

around with an embarrassed look. “Mrs. Green, I kind of

bad mood today because she had not performed as well as the EIC next door. And when she heard Betty’s refusal, her face suddenly

a blunt woman. Betty went from white to pale and did not say anything but, “You’re making fun

in her hands, Betty walked to Jeffrey’s office door. She took a couple of more deep breaths before she finally

Knock, knock

knocking seemed to have

“Come in.”

it was Jeffrey’s familiar voice.

luxurious as Kerwin’s, but

through the issue that had the interview

Martin,” Betty opened her mouth, trying to make her voice sound as calm as it could be. “Mrs. Green has asked me to give

a simple yeah without even raising his head, so Betty had to bite the bullet

kept silent after her report, and Betty could not take

She tried to hide the faint trembling in her voice. “Mr.

turned around to go out after

the

narrow gaze fell upon the ring

courage to look him in the eye.

ring with fixed eyes, in which

into

the end of the day, Betty, the man you’ve chosen so carefully can

makes absolute sense. A woman who would sell

struck by his words. Her face went as

you know what happened two years ago?” Betty managed a sentence

first reaction was not denial, Jeffrey

reason.

it two years ago. Honestly, Betty, I should really thank you. Nothing would have driven me

felt the last blood drain out of

she had wondered countless times why he would suddenly have gone abroad to study two years ago when she was

now, she

was for the same

before that incident became like a big deal. Could it