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.

retrospect, it was more than natural. He wouldn’t have left and disappeared without saying goodbye two years ago if she had had anything worth remembering

didn’t want to stay in the office for one

editor-in-chief suddenly saw her and

Send this report to Mr. Martin’s office for

“Mrs. Green, I kind

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

did not say anything

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

Knock, knock

to have taken

“Come in.”

was Jeffrey’s familiar voice. Betty pushed the door and

luxurious as Kerwin’s,

flipping through the issue that had the

it could be. “Mrs. Green has asked me to give you a brief report on

simple yeah without even raising his head, so Betty had to bite the

still kept silent after her report,

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

to go

hand had reached the

gaze fell upon the

to look him in the eye. She just looked away

stared at her ring with fixed eyes, in which

broke into

Betty, the man you’ve chosen so carefully can only afford

his mind and there was this obvious disgust in his eyes. “But it makes absolute sense. A woman who would sell her

by his words. Her

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

Seeing Betty’s first reaction was not denial, Jeffrey

reason.

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

blood

abroad to study two years ago

now, she finally

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