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.

was more than natural. He wouldn’t have left and disappeared without saying goodbye

in the office for one more

unfortunately, her editor-in-chief suddenly saw

minute, Betty. Send this report to Mr. Martin’s office

“Mrs. Green, I

next door. And when she heard Betty’s refusal, her face suddenly fell. “Betty White, you only did

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

She took a couple of more deep breaths

Knock, knock

seemed to have taken up all

“Come in.”

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

as Kerwin’s, but it

his desk, flipping through the issue

to make her voice sound as calm as it could be. “Mrs. Green has

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

still kept silent after her report, and Betty

in her voice. “Mr. Martin, if you don’t have anything else,

quickly turned around to go

her hand had reached the

gaze fell upon the

courage to look him in the eye. She just

her ring with fixed eyes, in which emotions were

he broke into

man you’ve chosen so carefully

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

struck by his words. Her face went as pale

happened two years ago?” Betty managed a sentence

reaction was not denial, Jeffrey felt this dull pain in his

reason.

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 three years

last blood drain

times why he would suddenly have gone abroad to study two years ago when

now, she

was for the same

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