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.

disappeared without saying goodbye two years ago if she had had anything worth remembering

to stay in the office for one more second,

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

this report to Mr. Martin’s

look. “Mrs. Green, I kind of have a family

mood 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

blunt woman. Betty went from white to pale and did not

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

Knock, knock

to have taken up all her

“Come in.”

familiar voice.

Kerwin’s, but it was

desk, flipping through the issue

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

but a simple yeah without even raising his head, so Betty had to bite the bullet and start

still kept silent after her report,

tried to hide the faint trembling in her voice.

to go out

had reached the door handle, a

fell upon the ring on

to look him in

ring with fixed eyes,

he broke into a mocking

man you’ve chosen so carefully can only

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

words. Her

years ago?” Betty managed a sentence with

Seeing Betty’s first reaction was not denial, Jeffrey felt

reason.

on Betty’s wrist 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 to study in America than the discovery

blood drain out

gone abroad to study two years ago when

now, she

was for the

she also 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 before