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.

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

stay in the office for one more second, so she grabbed her bag

editor-in-chief suddenly saw her and

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

embarrassed look. “Mrs. Green, I kind of have a family emergency

already 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. “Betty White,

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

the materials in her hands, Betty walked to Jeffrey’s office door. She took a couple of more deep breaths before she finally raised her

Knock, knock

seemed to have taken

“Come in.”

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

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

through the

sound as calm as it could be. “Mrs. Green has asked me to give you a brief

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

report, and Betty could not

She tried to hide the faint trembling in her voice. “Mr. Martin, if you don’t have anything else, I’ll

quickly turned around to go

her hand had reached the door handle, a strong hand abruptly grabbed

married?” The man’s narrow gaze fell upon the ring on

to look him in the eye. She just looked away and

her ring with fixed eyes, in

into a mocking

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

it makes absolute sense. A woman who would

struck by his words. Her face went

ago?” Betty managed a

Jeffrey

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

blood drain

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

now, she

for the

she also found it very strange. Jeffrey obviously had left the country before that incident became like