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…

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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.

and disappeared without saying goodbye

didn’t want to stay in the

her editor-in-chief suddenly saw her and stopped

Mr. Martin’s office for me, will you?

embarrassed look. “Mrs. Green, I kind

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

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

She took a couple of more

Knock, knock

have taken up all

“Come in.”

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

not as luxurious as Kerwin’s, but it was

desk, flipping through the issue that had

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

his head,

still kept silent after her report,

in her voice. “Mr. Martin, if you don’t have anything else, I’ll

quickly turned around to go out

had reached the door handle, a strong hand abruptly

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

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

her ring with fixed eyes, in which emotions

he broke into a mocking

man you’ve chosen so carefully can only afford

absolute sense. A woman who would sell her body for

struck by his words. Her face went as

two years ago?” Betty managed a sentence with

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

reason.

knew it 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

last blood

had wondered countless times why he would suddenly have gone abroad to study two years ago when she was most vulnerable and needed Jeffrey

she

for the same

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