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

taken forever before Betty could finally get off work. She didn’t want to stay in the

her editor-in-chief suddenly saw her and

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

stiffened and turned around with an embarrassed look. “Mrs. Green, I kind of have a

door. And when she heard Betty’s refusal, her face suddenly fell. “Betty

did not say anything but, “You’re making fun of

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

Knock, knock

knocking seemed to have taken up

“Come in.”

voice. Betty pushed the door and

as luxurious as Kerwin’s,

desk, flipping through the issue that had the interview

opened her mouth, trying to make her voice sound as calm as it could be. “Mrs. Green has asked me to give you a brief report on the interview with

said nothing more but a simple yeah without even raising his head, so Betty had to bite the bullet and start the

silent after her report, and Betty could not take

her voice. “Mr.

turned around to go out

just as her hand had reached the

man’s narrow gaze fell upon

look him in the eye. She just looked away and

with fixed eyes,

he broke into

Betty, the man you’ve chosen

sense. A woman who would sell her body for money would basically do anything

struck by his words. Her face went as

what happened two years ago?” Betty managed a

Betty’s first reaction was not denial, Jeffrey felt this dull

reason.

really thank you. Nothing would have driven me into

felt the last blood drain

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

she finally

was for the same

had left the country before that incident became like a big