Contract Marriage With The Disabled CEO By Woody Rain Chapter 94
Contract Marriage With The Disabled CEO
Chapter 94 The Truth When the meeting was over, Betty returned to her office. During her lunch break, she hesitated and came to Jessicaâs office.
âJessica,â she said, âCan I ask you something?â
She was a senior journalist with more than 10 years of working experience. She used to work for a newspaper, but later she was tired of collecting and writing news stories for community journals, so she came to the magazine as an editor.
âWhat is it?â Jessica asked.
Betty bit her lip. âI wanted to ask you about the Martin family kidnapping ten years ago.â
Obviously, she didnât expect Betty to come out with that question. She was stunned for a moment, then a little nervous. âWhy do you ask that, Betty?â
She couldnât think of any other way to look into the matter, so she asked Jessica.
The kidnapping happened ten years ago. She knew that the only people outside the Martin family who knew about the kidnapping were the police and the reporter who had covered it. That was why she came to ask her.
âI⦠Iâm just curious.â
âIf youâre just curious about that, youâd better not ask.â Jessica said seriously. âThe Martin family is not for ordinary people like us to inquire about.â
The editor planned to go back to work. But her words made Betty even more curious. She knew that Jessica must know something about the kidnapping âJessica,â said she, pulled up a chair and sat down. âI canât tell you why I need to know this, but I really have to know it.â
Everyone in the magazine went to lunch, Chapter 94 The Truth leaving only the two women in the office.
She stared up and gave Betty a meaningful look. âI can tell you this, but you have to be honest with me.
Are you asking this because of your husband?â
Betty didnât expect Jessica to ask her that. She froze. âJessica, did youâ¦â
âYes, I knew that.â She suddenly sighed. âYour husband is Kerwin, right? He was a hostage in the kidnapping.â
Betty was startled.
She thought she was keeping a low profile, but Jessica finally knew her husbandâs true identity.
Not only that, she also knew Kerwinâs relationship with the Martin family.
Betty did not say anything, but her expression showed that she had admitted it.
âYouâre curious how I know this, right? In fact, after I interviewed Kerwin, I found out that he was the member of that family. As for the relationship between you and your husband, I guessed it after seeing the rings you were wearing. I was just asking you tentatively,â said the editor.
Betty really admired Jessica now. She felt inferior to her, a veteran journalist who had been working in the newsroom for more than a decade.
Now that she knew this, Betty would not hide her relationship with Kerwin. In fact, her relationship with him was not a secret. She didnât like being gossiped about, which was why she didnât tell anyone about it.
âYes, you guessed right,â whispered Betty.â Now can you tell me about the kidnapping?â
âI know youâre a good girl. Thereâs been a lot of gossip about you in the magazine lately, but I trust my judgement. Youâre not a gold digger.â
She was surprised. Her eyes were wet. âThank you, Jessica.â
Since two years ago, Betty had suffered all kinds of misunderstandings. At first she tried to explain, and then she remained silent, because she knew no one would believe her.
Now Jessica said she trusted her, so she was really touched.
âI was shocked when I knew you and Kerwin were married.â Jessica looked at her with a flash of sadness in her eyes. âKerwin is excellent, but I donât think he will be a good husband based on what he did two years ago.â
Bettyâs face changed. âJessica, what do you know?â
Jessica sighed. âYouâre asking the right person. When the kidnapping happened, I was working for a newspaper to cover the case. I investigated a lot about this, but before I could publish these reports, I was threatened by the Martin family not to disclose the details. I know how powerful they are, so I never talked about it all these years.â
The young woman now realized why Jessica knew that Kerwin was a member of the Martin family. If she looked into the kidnapping, she would know what Kerwin looked like.
But Jessicaâs tone made her feel uneasy.âSo what happened then?â
âAt the time, Kerwin was in college. Martinâs family wanted to send him abroad, but he decided to stay in the country for his girlfriend. If I remember correctly, her name was Juliaâ¦.â
âJulia Davis.â She interrupted âYeah, you know this? They were very close at the time. I guess they were each otherâs first love.â
Betty thought of the pictures she had seen in the drawer. In the photo, they were still very young, smiling happily. They must really love each other, just like she and Jeffrey.
âIn their freshman year, Kerwin and Julia purposely got rid of Martin Familyâs security guard and went to a nearby town. But unfortunately, they get kidnapped.â
âThey get kidnapped?â Betty asked, puzzled. âAre you saying that it wasnât just Kerwin, but the girl was kidnapped too?â
âThatâs right,â answered Jessica seriously. âThe Martin family blocked the news, so everyone thought he was the only one who was abducted. No one paid any attention to the poor girl.â
âAnd then what?â
âThe kidnappers demanded a high ransom. Kerwin was Old Bruceâs grandson, so Bruce paid the ransom anyway. But for some reason, the captors tried to kill Kerwin and 94 The Truth Julia after taking the money. They then locked them in a warehouse and set fire.â