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.

more than natural. He wouldn’t have left and disappeared without saying goodbye two years ago if she had had anything worth remembering

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

editor-in-chief suddenly saw

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

around with an embarrassed look. “Mrs. Green, I kind of have a family emergency today. Could

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

and did not say anything but, “You’re making fun of me,

hands, Betty walked to Jeffrey’s office door. She took a couple of more

Knock, knock

seemed to have

“Come in.”

voice. Betty pushed the door and walked

as luxurious as Kerwin’s, but it was still exquisitely decorated.

flipping through the issue that had the

as calm as it could be. “Mrs. Green has asked me to give you a brief report on

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

after her report, and Betty could not take

trembling in her voice. “Mr.

to go out after

just as her hand had reached the door handle, a strong

narrow gaze fell

didn’t have the courage to look him in the eye. She just looked

at her ring with fixed

into a mocking

Betty, the man

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

by his words. Her face went as pale as

years ago?” Betty managed a sentence

Seeing Betty’s first reaction was not denial, Jeffrey felt this dull pain in his heart

reason.

Honestly, Betty, I should really thank you. Nothing would have driven me into

the last blood drain

gone abroad to

now, she finally

was for

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