No Way Back

Chapter 205

Hugh stared at the photo Jane sent.

He thought about it for a long time.

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But he still could not figure out its meaning and what Jane was trying to say.

Hugh texted, [Janie, I give up. Does this photo… mean anything?]

Jane answered, [Haha. Who would’ve known that the president of D.Y. Group, the person running the Croft family, would not know something? I thought you knew everything I

Hugh said, [Yeah… Because I’m **.]

Jane paused briefly when she saw Hugh’s message.

She tried to picture Hugh’s dignified and handsome face as he sent that message.

She could not picture it at all.

The contrast was too stark.

Jane somehow felt like she was always bullying Hugh because Hugh liked her. She felt like a brazen little witch.

Jane quickly opened her TikTok

She found a video she had seen when scrolling through the app in her spare time.

She forwarded it to Hugh.

Hugh saw that Jane had sent him a link.

He lowered his eyes and tried to stay calm.

He clicked on it.

In the video, a female was speaking.

Her tone sounded gentle.

you, too’. Because a

She said, “If one day, someone ***you a picture of the sky, you should reply to them with, I miss you,

poem once said, ‘I glimpsed the sky in the morning, and the ***in the evening. Wherever I go, I think of you. Whatever I do, I think of you.”

The author was an ancient Crucsian poet.

Thump, thump.

Hugh’s heart quickened all of a sudden.

He could not control it.

At that moment…

Hugh’s hand that was holding his phone began to shake slightly.

The video Jane sent…

Was she trying to say that….

Hugh did not dare to read too deeply into it.

At first, he wanted to do

the video

was about to reply, II miss you,

But in the

Hugh deleted those

He searched for the words to

could

could not be as

still waiting for Hugh’s

She felt like a young

she sent Hugh had already shown him how she felt about

Hugh was not ***. He

she

both lifetimes, Jane had only lived

never been in

had been single all her

Although Hugh had taken the initiative to pursue

to Hugh’s feelings, Jane still could not control the butterflies in

she thought. Was she in love? Being in love would only hold her back from her

mind started to crash and

admired the flowers in spring, and watched the snow in winter. In my waking moments, I miss you. In my dreams, I miss

the first time

Without thinking, she held

herself that she could not possibly

focusing on her career good enough? Men

part of Jane’s

another little voice was secretly egging her

smooth. If a man said these things to me, I would fall in love immediately.” The rational voice argued, “***up, you love-struck ***. I want to focus on my career. Relationships are nothing but ***. Feelings should be flushed

The two little

was about

Croft!

later. At that moment, her head

had to deny the

Jane wanted to lie down for a

to look at her

How frustrating.

However, at that

The carriage stopped.

She heard Life’s voice. He sounded

we’ve arrived at

Oh, ***.

Jane rubbed

not right. Come what may. When

After taking a few deep breaths, Jane got out of

The wind

w against

gloves, hat, and scarf

was very grateful for

her down. Her

herdow

feeling much more

She looked up.

She could not help but

“Isn’t this place… Count Lauren of

was no ordinary

real deal. It had once been the castle where the count

Lauren’s descendant had failed in business, he could no

bite the bullet

It was said that a mysterious person had paid 100

of money. But including the various expenses required throughout the year, the total figure was astronomical. Ordinary people would not even

Jane had heard about

never thought that the person who bought the