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…

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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.

natural. He wouldn’t have left and disappeared without saying goodbye two years ago if she had had

She didn’t want to stay in the office for one

suddenly

Mr. Martin’s office

with an embarrassed look. “Mrs. Green,

when she heard Betty’s refusal, her face suddenly

a blunt woman. Betty went from white to pale and did not say anything but, “You’re making fun of me,

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

Knock, knock

knocking seemed to have taken up all

“Come in.”

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

was not as luxurious as Kerwin’s, but

flipping through the issue that had the

voice sound as calm as it could be. “Mrs. Green

raising his head, so Betty had to bite

after her report, and Betty could not take

the faint trembling in her voice. “Mr. Martin,

quickly turned around to go out after saying

hand had reached the door handle, a

man’s narrow gaze fell upon the ring

in the eye. She just

at her ring with fixed eyes, in which emotions were

he broke into a mocking

day, Betty, the man you’ve chosen so carefully

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

struck by his words. Her face went as

years ago?” Betty

denial, Jeffrey felt this dull pain in his heart for

reason.

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 that the woman I had loved and endeared

blood drain out of

gone abroad to study two years ago when she

now, she finally

for

became like a big deal. Could it be that he had already known everything even