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

in the

Hugh deleted those

He searched for

Something that could express all

be as simple as those

still waiting for Hugh’s

like a young girl, waiting

because the video she sent Hugh had already shown him how she felt

not ***. He

But she

lifetimes, Jane had only lived for more than

never been in

been single

Although Hugh had taken the initiative to

Hugh’s feelings, Jane still could not control the

my god, she thought. Was she in love? Being in

to crash and **down, Hugh’s reply finally appeared on her

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

first time

thinking, she held her

She told herself that she could not possibly fall

on her career good enough? Men would only

rational part of Jane’s

However, another little voice was secretly egging her

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 down toilet bowls and thrown

The two little voices

Jane’s head was about

Croft! How elegant!

She would apologize later. At that moment, her

She had to deny the truth. It was

Jane wanted to lie down

want to look at her phone

How frustrating.

However, at

The carriage stopped.

She heard Life’s voice. He

we’ve arrived at

Oh, ***.

Jane rubbed her

“Oh, Jane. Come what march… Wait, that’s not right. Come what may. When disaster strikes,

a few deep breaths, Jane got out of the

wind and

w against her

Even her thick down jacket, gloves, hat, and scarf could

Jane was very grateful for

her down. Her

herdow

She was feeling much more alert

She looked up.

She could not help but

“Isn’t this place… Count Lauren

This was no ordinary

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

Lauren’s descendant had failed in business,

did he bite the bullet and sell

was said that a mysterious person had paid 100 million dollars to

still an enormous amount of money. But including the various expenses required throughout the year, the total figure was astronomical. Ordinary people would not even dare to think

Jane had heard about

that the person who bought the castle