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

to reply, II

But in

deleted those

He searched for the words to

Something that could

as simple as those four

was still waiting

She felt like a young girl,

Hugh had already shown him how she felt about

was not ***. He

she was

lifetimes, Jane had only lived for

had never

had been single

Hugh had taken the initiative to pursue

feelings, Jane still could not

thought. Was she in love? Being in

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

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

the first time

she held her

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

Wasn’t focusing on her career good enough? Men

part of Jane’s mind

little voice was

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

The two little voices

was about

She replied, [Mr. Croft! How elegant! Hahaha!

that moment,

deny the truth. It was

to lie down for a

want to look at her

How frustrating.

at

The carriage stopped.

heard Life’s voice. He

Jane Fowler, we’ve arrived

Oh, ***.

rubbed her

right. Come what may. When disaster strikes, no one

few deep breaths, Jane got

wind

against

down jacket, gloves, hat, and scarf could

But Jane was very

cooled her down. Her head

herdow

feeling much

She looked up.

not help but

place… Count Lauren of Fousm’s

was

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

Count Lauren’s descendant had failed in business, he

he bite the bullet and sell

said that a mysterious person had paid

Fousm, in Meridonia, 100 million dollars was 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

Jane had heard about

that the person