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 reply,

But in the

deleted those

searched for the words to

Something that could express

could not be as simple as those

still waiting for

She felt like a young girl,

because the video she sent Hugh had already shown

Hugh was not ***.

But she was too

Jane had only lived for more than

had never been in a

been single all her

Although Hugh had taken the

when she responded to Hugh’s feelings, Jane still

Oh, my god, she thought. Was she in love? Being in love would only hold

and **down,

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

Truthfully, the first time

Without thinking, she held her

herself that she could not possibly fall in love. She

career good enough? Men would only slow

The rational part of Jane’s mind was

little voice was

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

The two

Jane’s head was about to

She replied, [Mr. Croft! How elegant!

would apologize later. At that moment, her head

had to deny the truth. It was

lie down for a

not want to look at her

How frustrating.

at

The carriage stopped.

She heard Life’s

we’ve arrived at our

Oh, ***.

Jane rubbed her

Wait, that’s not right. Come what

taking a few deep breaths,

wind and

against

down jacket, gloves, hat, and

was very

her down.

herdow

was feeling

She looked up.

She could not

Count

This was no

was the real deal. It had once been the castle

Because Count Lauren’s descendant had failed in

then did he bite the bullet and sell it

that a mysterious person had paid 100

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 about

Jane had

never thought that the person who bought