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

She didn’t want to stay in the office for one more second, so she grabbed her bag

editor-in-chief suddenly saw her and

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

with an embarrassed look. “Mrs.

door. And when she heard Betty’s refusal, her face suddenly fell. “Betty White, you only did one hit interview and now you’re full of yourself, aren’t

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

door. She took a couple of more deep breaths

Knock, knock

have taken up all her

“Come in.”

familiar voice.

was not as luxurious as Kerwin’s,

desk, flipping through the issue that

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

even raising his head, so Betty had to bite the bullet and

after her report, and Betty could not take

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

to go out after

hand had reached the door handle, a

married?” The man’s narrow gaze fell

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

at her ring with fixed

broke into

the day, Betty, the man

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

Her face went as

what happened two years ago?” Betty managed a

reaction was not denial, Jeffrey felt this dull pain

reason.

it two years ago. Honestly, Betty, I should really thank you. Nothing

the last blood drain out

suddenly have gone abroad to

now, she

for

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 before the