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

taken forever before Betty could finally get off work. She didn’t want to stay in the office for one more second, so she grabbed

editor-in-chief suddenly saw

Betty. Send this report to Mr. Martin’s

look. “Mrs. Green, I kind of have

in a bad mood today because she had not performed as well as the EIC next door. And when she heard

Betty went from white to pale and did not say anything but, “You’re making

walked to Jeffrey’s office door. She took

Knock, knock

to have taken up all her

“Come in.”

voice. Betty pushed the door and

Kerwin’s, but

at his desk, flipping through the

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

raising his head, so Betty had to bite

kept silent after her report,

the faint trembling in her voice. “Mr. Martin,

quickly turned around to go out after saying

the door handle, a strong hand abruptly

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

courage to look him in the eye. She just looked away

stared at her ring with fixed eyes,

into

the man you’ve chosen so carefully

was this obvious 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 would spend a

struck by his words. Her face

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

was not denial, Jeffrey felt this dull

reason.

I should really thank you. Nothing would have driven me into the decision to study in America

felt the last blood

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

she

for the same

Jeffrey obviously had left the country before that incident became like a big deal. Could it be that he had already known everything even before