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.

retrospect, it was more than natural. He wouldn’t have left and disappeared without saying goodbye two years ago if she had had

stay in the office for one more second, so she grabbed her bag

editor-in-chief suddenly saw her

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

and turned around with an embarrassed look. “Mrs. Green, I

a 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 fell. “Betty White, you only

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

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

Knock, knock

have taken up

“Come in.”

door, it was Jeffrey’s familiar voice.

was not as luxurious as Kerwin’s, but it was still exquisitely decorated. He

desk, flipping through the issue

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

said nothing more but a simple yeah without even raising his head, so Betty

still kept silent after her report, and Betty

She tried to hide the faint trembling in her voice. “Mr. Martin, if you

around to go

had reached the door handle, a strong hand

man’s narrow gaze fell upon the ring on

have the courage to look him in the eye. She

her ring with fixed eyes, in which emotions were

into a mocking

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

disgust in his eyes. “But it makes absolute sense. A woman who would sell her body for money would basically do anything for a man who

Her face went as pale

know what happened two years ago?” Betty managed a

reaction was not denial, Jeffrey felt this dull pain in his

reason.

really thank you. Nothing would have driven me into the

last blood drain out of

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

now, she finally

for the same

became like a big deal. Could it be that he had already known everything even