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

as the video

about to reply, II

But in

Hugh deleted those

for the

could

could not be as simple

still waiting

She felt like a young girl, waiting

Hugh had already shown him how she

not ***. He would

she

lifetimes, Jane had only lived for more than

never been in a

She had been

taken the initiative to

But when she responded to Hugh’s feelings, Jane

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

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

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

time Jane saw

thinking, she held her

that she could not possibly

on her career good enough? Men would only

The rational part of Jane’s mind was shouting like

However, another little voice

so 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

The two little voices

Jane’s head was about to

[Mr. Croft! How elegant! Hahaha!

later. At that moment, her head

She had to deny the truth. It

lie down

not want to

How frustrating.

at

The carriage stopped.

heard Life’s voice. He

Fowler, we’ve arrived

Oh, ***.

Jane rubbed

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

few deep breaths, Jane got out

The wind

against

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

But Jane was very grateful for this

down. Her head was

herdow

She was feeling much more

She looked up.

She could not

place… Count Lauren of

This was no

It had once been

in business, he could no longer

bite

said that a mysterious person had paid 100 million dollars

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

Jane had heard

that the person who bought the