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.

and disappeared without saying goodbye two years

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 her

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

look. “Mrs.

today because she had not performed as well as the EIC next 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

pale and did not say anything but, “You’re

materials in her hands, Betty walked to Jeffrey’s office door. She took

Knock, knock

knocking seemed to have taken up

“Come in.”

voice. Betty pushed the door and

as luxurious as Kerwin’s, but it was still exquisitely

his desk, flipping through the issue that had the interview

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

nothing more but a simple yeah without even raising his head,

after her report, and Betty could not

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

quickly turned around to go

as her hand had reached the door handle,

narrow gaze fell upon

have the courage to look him in

stared at her ring with fixed eyes, in which emotions

broke into a mocking

the man you’ve chosen so carefully can

was this obvious disgust in his eyes. “But it makes absolute sense. A woman who would

was struck by his words. Her face

what happened two years ago?” Betty managed a sentence with shivered

Betty’s first reaction was not denial, Jeffrey felt

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 for

last blood

two years… she had wondered countless times why he would suddenly have gone abroad to study two

now, she finally

was for the same

she also found it very strange. Jeffrey obviously had left the country before that incident became like a