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.

left and disappeared without saying goodbye two years ago if she had had anything worth

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

her editor-in-chief suddenly saw her and

Mr. Martin’s office for me, will you? And make

turned around with an embarrassed look. “Mrs. Green, I kind of have a family emergency today.

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, you only did one hit interview

pale and did not say anything but, “You’re making fun of me,

the materials in her hands, Betty walked to Jeffrey’s office door. She took a couple of more

Knock, knock

to have taken

“Come in.”

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

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

desk, flipping through the issue that

could be. “Mrs. Green has asked me to

his head, so Betty had to bite the bullet and start the

silent after her report, and Betty could not

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

around to go out after

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

narrow gaze fell upon the ring

look him in the

ring with fixed eyes, in which emotions were

broke into a

end of the day, Betty, the man you’ve chosen so carefully can

obvious disgust in his eyes. “But it makes absolute sense. A woman who would sell her body

words. Her face went as pale as

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

was not denial, Jeffrey felt this dull pain

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

blood drain out of his

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

now, she finally

for

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