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.

without saying goodbye two years ago if she had had anything worth remembering to

stay in the office for one

unfortunately, her editor-in-chief suddenly saw her and stopped

a minute, Betty. Send this report to Mr. Martin’s office for

and turned around with an embarrassed look. “Mrs. Green, I kind of have a family

Betty’s ED, was already in a bad mood today because she had not performed as well as the EIC next door. And when

not say anything but, “You’re making fun of me, Mrs. Green. I’m on it

Jeffrey’s office door. She took

Knock, knock

to have taken

“Come in.”

Jeffrey’s familiar voice. Betty pushed

not as luxurious as Kerwin’s, but it

desk, flipping through the issue

to make her voice sound as calm as it could be. “Mrs. Green has asked me to give you a brief

nothing more but a simple yeah without even raising his head, so Betty had to bite the

after her report, and Betty could not

her voice. “Mr. Martin,

quickly turned around to go out after

hand had reached the door handle, a strong

married?” The man’s narrow gaze fell upon the ring on

to look him in

with fixed

broke into

Betty, the man you’ve chosen so

his mind and there was this obvious disgust in his eyes. “But it makes absolute sense. A woman who would sell her body for money would basically do

by his words. Her face went

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

not denial, Jeffrey felt this dull pain in

reason.

two years ago. Honestly, Betty, I should really thank you. Nothing would have driven me into the decision to study in America than the discovery that the woman I had loved and endeared for three years

felt the last blood drain out

wondered countless times why he would suddenly have gone abroad to study

now, she

for

left the country before that incident became like a big deal.