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.

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

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 her bag immediately and made

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

Mr. Martin’s

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

when she heard Betty’s refusal,

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

Betty walked to Jeffrey’s office door. She took a couple of more deep breaths before she

Knock, knock

to have

“Come in.”

familiar voice. Betty pushed the door and

luxurious as Kerwin’s, but it

at his desk, flipping through the

Martin,” Betty opened her mouth, trying to make her voice sound as calm as it could be. “Mrs. Green has

yeah without even raising his head, so Betty

after her report, and Betty could not take it

to hide the faint trembling in her voice. “Mr. Martin, if you don’t

around to go out after

the door handle,

man’s narrow gaze fell upon the ring on

look him in the eye. She

at her ring with fixed eyes, in

into a mocking

Betty, the man you’ve chosen

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

his words. Her face went as

what happened two years ago?” Betty

was not denial, Jeffrey felt this dull

reason.

I 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

blood drain out of

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

now, she finally

was for the

had left the country before that incident became