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

was about to

in the

deleted those

searched for the words

could express

could not be as simple

was still

She felt like a

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

was not

But she was

her both lifetimes, Jane had

She had never been

She had been single

had taken the initiative to pursue

But when she responded to Hugh’s feelings, Jane still could

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

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

flowers in spring, and watched the snow in winter. In my waking

Truthfully, the first time Jane saw this

thinking, she held her

that she could not possibly fall in love. She must

on her career good enough? Men would

of Jane’s mind was shouting like

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 down toilet bowls and

two

head was about

replied, [Mr. Croft! How

that moment,

She had to deny the truth. It was

to lie down for

to look at her

How frustrating.

at that

The carriage stopped.

Life’s

Fowler, we’ve arrived

Oh, ***.

Jane rubbed her

that’s not right. Come what may. When disaster strikes, no one can escape it.

After taking a few deep breaths, Jane got out of

wind

w against

down jacket, gloves, hat, and scarf

very

It cooled her down.

herdow

She was feeling much more alert

She looked up.

She could not help but

“Isn’t this place… Count Lauren

was no

Instead, it was the real deal. It had once been the castle where

had failed in business, he could no

he bite the bullet

mysterious person had paid 100 million dollars to

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

had heard

that the person who bought the castle