No Way Back

Chapter 35

Peter was so agitated that he coughed violently.

Larry immediately sht his m*uth.

“D*mn it!” Larry cursed himself for not being to hold his tongue. He had spoken too soon.

This had nothing to do with him, but he had butted in nonetheless.

However, only Larry would dare say something like that.

It was because he was an outsider.

Nobody from the Fowler family would have dared say that in front of Jack after knowing that he had wronged Jane.

Jack’s face turned dark immediately.

What had Peter meant by that?

Had Jack wronged an innocent person?

It was as Jane had described. Jack had not gotten his facts right and even gotten physical in public, flipped over Jane’s food, created a scene, and accidentally hurt Lila.

To be honest, since Jack was not that young, he had made been mistaken

before.

But to be mistaken about the same person…

Not once but twice…

The first time was the online trending incident.

The second time was this incident with Peter.

This was a first for Jack.

Dwayne’s eyes flittered a little.

In the end, he did not say anything.

So what if his father had been mistaken?

Dwayne knew his father’s temper all too well.

All of Jack’s seven sons were a chip off the old block.

Even if they had done something wrong, their pride would never allow them

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to look back.

“Dad, in the future, please don’t bother Jane again,” Peter said.

“If you do, it’ll only increase our guilt toward her.”

Everyone stared at Peter in surprise…

Especially Madelyn and Dwayne.

Peter had changed.

In the past, Peter would have never said a word about feeling guilty toward

Jane.

“Peter, you… I saw you lying unconscious. I heard that you had met with Jane earlier and so I was worried that you…”

Jack felt very humiliated to be called out like that by his son.

to

know you worry about

not blame his

His father had made things difficult

felt even guiltier

had decided to bear

school clinic fell into

right. Let’s drop this topic,” Anna said. “Peter, are you hungry? I’ll get some chicken soup for you

“Thanks, M*m.”

Anna wanted

went along

the situation was.

Peter was

In the end, this was a family matter

sandwiched in the middle, so it was best for him to

Madelyn volunteered to buy chicken soup

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As a student at the University of Oricle, she was familiar with the area and could

Dwayne was worried about Madelyn, so he

went

Dwayne walked ahead of

did not walk

Madelyn suddenly felt a greater sense

was not

Even Dwayne seemed to have

while, Madelyn asked in a

that Peter seems

“This time, it

replied after

mistake was

not the type who was unwilling to admit his

of Jane did

Such a stubborn pri*k should have her head slammed hard

be stingy with

for not listening to her big

you

the tip of her nose had turned pink. “Janie keeps getting misunderstood. She left our family only because her heart must have turned cold. Dwayne, why don’t we persuade Janie to

we went now, she would just treat us coldly

he had been insulted by Jane not

to

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If Dwayne had been asked before this incident, he

It was too

only dream about coming

was disobedient and like a time bomb. She would only

to leave the

Dwayne’s heart very clearly. Her heart started to pump more

a little, he still

it was Peter who was more difficult to

He could not possibly cause any trouble by himself. Madelyn had to maintain her hold over her parents and remaining brothers. As

Jane and Lila

arrived home, she started to sort

Andy was a

Even so, Jane could not underestimate Jack as he was the Emeritus Chairman of Fowler Corporation and possessed

It was naturally better

that old scu*bag might get away

busy for a full

She glanced

already

think I have

Jane smiled, confident that she

frozen

B*zz… B*zz…