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.

let’s talk this out, don’t let

daughter, even though it tore at Anna’s heart to see Madelyn

too kind to her,”

trying to

pain without complaint, his heart felt

Madelyn was their real sister instead

a few deep breaths and tried to calm the raging

Jack, trying to make himself sound as calm as possible. “No, I don’t,” Jane replied

of the people in the room were taken aback by her

different Jane’s behavior was compared to how it had been before. She used

say that,” Jack exclaimed in shock, his

Jane repeated her answer deliberately, now that Jack wasn’t sure what he had

asked her, she would

she continued to fix them on Jack. Jack

before witnessed that look in Jane’s eyes, it was one he had never seen

he realized that Jane had changed

Fowler Corporation, he has had the

business to his grown

age, his business sense

Madelyn

to her, Maddie!” Jack yelled as he

worried that Jane

chest tightened for an instant, but she quickly forced the discomfort out of her

approval. As a result, the

real Fowler family daughter. I understand

no longer care about it. If you

as she spoke, her

Jane,

the eyes of Anna,

make you leave!” Anna said firmly, “I know Jane is my real daughter, but

other. Regardless of what

“Daddy…” Madelyn sobbed.

couldn’t hold back her tears and sobbed into Jack’s

so scared, Daddy…”

her. “It’s okay, I’m here. No one

Jack gave

to fan Jack’s suspicions