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

about to reply, II

But in the

Hugh deleted

searched for the words to

could

be as simple as

still

felt like a young girl, waiting

Hugh had already shown him how she felt

Hugh was not ***.

she was too

lifetimes, Jane had only lived for

had never

had been single

Although Hugh had taken the

Jane still could

she in love? Being in love would only hold

Jane’s mind started to crash and **down, Hugh’s reply finally appeared

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

the first time

Without thinking, she

told herself that she could not possibly fall in love. She must not fall in

on her career good enough? Men

rational part of Jane’s mind was shouting

little voice was secretly egging her

me, I would fall in love immediately.” The rational voice argued, “***up, you love-struck ***. I want to focus on my career. Relationships

two

was

Croft! How

apologize later. At that moment, her head

She had to deny the truth. It

lie down for

to look at her phone

How frustrating.

However, at that

The carriage stopped.

She heard Life’s voice. He sounded

Fowler, we’ve arrived at our

Oh, ***.

Jane rubbed her

She thought, “Oh, Jane. Come what march… Wait, that’s not right. Come what may. When disaster strikes, no one can escape it.

few deep breaths, Jane got out of the

wind and

against

jacket, gloves, hat, and scarf could not block

very grateful for this

cooled her down. Her head was

herdow

feeling much

She looked up.

could not

place… Count Lauren of Fousm’s

This was

was the real deal. It had

in business,

he bite the bullet and sell it

said that a mysterious person had paid 100 million dollars to buy this

dollars was still an enormous amount of money. But including the various expenses required throughout the year, the total figure was astronomical. Ordinary

Jane had

the person who bought the