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

in

Hugh deleted those

for the words to

that could express all his

be as simple as

still waiting for Hugh’s

like a young

was because the video she sent Hugh had already shown him

not ***. He

But she

had only lived for more

never been

She had been single

Hugh had taken the initiative

But when she responded to Hugh’s feelings, Jane still could not control the

thought. Was she in love? Being in love would

and **down, Hugh’s

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

time Jane saw this

Without thinking, she

she could not possibly fall in

career good

rational part of Jane’s mind

However, another little voice was secretly

If a man said these things to me, I would fall in love immediately.” The rational voice argued, “***up, you love-struck ***. I want

two

was

Croft! How elegant!

would apologize later. At that moment, her head was

She had to deny the truth.

wanted to lie

to look at her

How frustrating.

at that

The carriage stopped.

heard Life’s

we’ve arrived at

Oh, ***.

rubbed her

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

After taking a few deep breaths, Jane got out of

The wind and

w against

thick down jacket, gloves, hat,

But Jane was very grateful

her down.

herdow

was feeling much

She looked up.

could not help but

Count Lauren of

was no ordinary

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

Lauren’s descendant had failed in business, he could no longer maintain

then did he bite

person had paid 100 million dollars

the city of 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

had heard

thought that the person who