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 saying goodbye two

forever before Betty could finally get off work. She didn’t want to stay in the office for

unfortunately, her editor-in-chief suddenly

Martin’s

embarrassed look. “Mrs. Green, I

door. And when she heard Betty’s refusal, her face suddenly fell. “Betty White, you only did one hit interview and now you’re full of yourself, aren’t

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

Jeffrey’s office door. She took a couple of more deep breaths before she finally

Knock, knock

knocking seemed to have taken up all her

“Come in.”

it was Jeffrey’s familiar voice. Betty pushed the door and

as Kerwin’s, but it was still exquisitely

at his desk, flipping through the issue that had the interview

voice sound as calm as it could be. “Mrs. Green has asked me to give you a brief report on the interview with

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

silent after her report, and Betty

her voice. “Mr. Martin, if

turned around to go

as her hand had reached the door handle, a strong

The man’s narrow gaze fell upon the

have the courage to look him in the

fixed eyes, in which emotions were

he broke into a

Betty, the man you’ve chosen so carefully can only afford melee

his eyes. “But it makes absolute sense. A woman who

Her face

you know what happened two years ago?” Betty managed

Betty’s first reaction was not denial, Jeffrey felt this dull pain

reason.

years ago. Honestly, Betty, I should really thank you. Nothing would have driven me into the decision to

felt the last blood drain out of

gone abroad to study two years ago when she was

she

for

the country before that incident became like a big deal. Could it be that