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.

left and disappeared without

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

suddenly saw her and

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

turned around with an embarrassed look. “Mrs. Green, I kind of

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

not say anything but, “You’re making fun

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

Knock, knock

to have taken

“Come in.”

door, it was Jeffrey’s familiar voice. Betty

was not as luxurious as Kerwin’s, but it

the issue that had the interview with

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

a simple yeah without even raising his head, so Betty

her report, and

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

turned around to go out after saying

reached the door handle, a strong hand

married?” The man’s narrow gaze fell upon

courage to look him in the eye. She

her ring with fixed eyes, in which emotions

broke into a mocking

the man you’ve

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

struck by his words. Her face went as pale

what happened two years ago?” Betty managed a

Jeffrey felt this dull

reason.

tightened and his voice got colder, “Yes, I know. And I knew it two years ago. Honestly, Betty, I should really thank you. Nothing would have driven me into the decision

blood drain out of his

would suddenly have gone abroad to study two years ago when she

now, she

for

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