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.

without saying goodbye two years ago if

had taken forever before Betty could finally get off work. She didn’t want to stay in the office for one more second, so she

editor-in-chief suddenly saw

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

an embarrassed look. “Mrs.

in a bad 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.

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

Jeffrey’s office door. She took a

Knock, knock

have taken up all

“Come in.”

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

was not as luxurious as Kerwin’s, but it was still exquisitely

flipping through the issue that had

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

more but a simple yeah without even raising his head, so Betty

after her report, and

tried to hide the faint trembling in her voice.

quickly turned around to

the door handle, a strong hand abruptly grabbed

fell upon the

in the eye. She just looked away

stared at her ring with fixed eyes, in which

he broke into a

man you’ve chosen so carefully can

woman who would sell her

by his words. Her face went as

ago?” Betty managed a sentence with shivered

Jeffrey felt this dull

reason.

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

the last blood

years… she had wondered countless times why he would suddenly have gone abroad to study two years

now, she

for the

obviously had left the country before that incident became like a big deal. Could it