No Way Back

Chapter 3 Jane Got Slapped

“What did you say?” Jack couldn’t believe what he had just heard.

Even Peter was taken aback.

“I said, why do I have to kneel? Are you a mob boss or something? Are you seriously considering physically harming your daughter?” Jane retorted, remaining as composed as ever.

Her expression was calm, like that of a peaceful pond, but beneath the surface, a flame was burning.

Jane wasn’t being angry at the Fowler family.

Since she no longer cared about them, she could no longer hate them; instead, she only felt apathy.

For some reason, this made Jane remember the time in her previous life when she had obeyed Jack’s command and knelt in fear.

She had tried desperately to defend herself against baseless accusations and demands, but no one had listened.

When Peter saw Madelyn sobbing, he lost his temper and severely smacked Jane.

Jane had to apologize, fearing that her family would be angry. She had no choice but to put up with all the false accusations and carry the weight of things she had never done.

Now she wondered why she had been such an idiot and had lived a life devoid of dignity in her previous life.

Jane was now mad at her old self.

“Great. I see you’ve grown some backbone to disobey me,” said Jack, who was genuinely furious this time. He was about to slap Jane and raise his hand.

At that moment, “Dad, don’t!” Madelyn suddenly shouted.

Her words abruptly halted Jack’s hand in mid–air.

Anna looked at Madelyn with a shocked expression and asked, “Sweetheart, what are you…?”

Madelyn was sobbing and yelling at the same time, her voice becoming hoarse as she appeared to be on the verge of passing out from a lack of oxygen. “Don’t hit Janie, Dad, please don’t… She’s your biological daughter anyway!”

Jack was momentarily brought back to his senses when he heard the words “biological daughter.

He cast a profound and thoughtful look in Jane’s direction.

Whether Jack wanted to admit it or not, the woman in front of him was of his own blood.

However, when he took Jane home, Jack had no idea Jane would turn out to be such a crafty brat.

said, “Jack, let’s talk this out,

though it tore at Anna’s heart to see Madelyn

too kind to her,”

was still trying to

watched Madelyn endure pain without complaint, his heart felt like it

real sister instead

took a few deep breaths and tried to calm the raging fire that was

to make himself sound as calm as possible. “No, I don’t,” Jane replied without hesitation, her answer

room were taken aback by

to how it had been before. She

You didn’t just say that,” Jack exclaimed

deliberately, now

matter how many times Jack asked her, she

continued to fix them on Jack. Jack suddenly felt a

before witnessed that look in Jane’s

Jane had changed into

Corporation, he has had the

business to his grown

his advanced age, his business

stop! That’s enough!” Madelyn cried as she came

Maddie!” Jack

worried that Jane would hurt

chest tightened for an instant, but she

resolved that she would no longer struggle to win their approval. As a result, the pain no longer caused her any discomfort, and

cried out, “Janie, I know who you really are now. You are the real Fowler family daughter. I understand that you pretended to be a distant relative in order to spare my feelings, and

longer care about it. If you think I am making things more difficult for you here,

spoke, her tears falling like shattered

except maybe Jane,

the eyes of Anna, who was

make you leave!” Anna said firmly, “I know

“Blood ties will never change how we feel about each other. Regardless of what happens, my daughter, you will always

“Daddy…” Madelyn sobbed.

hold back her tears and sobbed

I’m so scared, Daddy…”

okay, I’m here. No one

gave Jane a stern

all it took to fan Jack’s suspicions about Jane into a raging