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

in the

deleted those

searched for the

Something that could express all

could not be as simple as those

was still waiting

like a young girl, waiting

Hugh had already

not ***. He

she was

Counting her both lifetimes, Jane had only lived for more than 20

She had never been in a

had been single

Hugh had taken

feelings, Jane still could not control

she thought. Was she in love? Being in love

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

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

first time Jane

thinking, she

could not possibly fall

Wasn’t focusing on her career good enough? Men would only slow her

rational part of Jane’s mind was shouting like

another little voice

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 thrown into the

two little

Jane’s head was about

Croft!

that

She had to deny the truth.

wanted to lie

to look at her phone

How frustrating.

at that

The carriage stopped.

heard Life’s

we’ve

Oh, ***.

Jane rubbed her

“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

taking a few deep breaths, Jane got out of the

wind and

w against

jacket, gloves, hat, and scarf could not block

But Jane was very grateful for this

down. Her head was

herdow

feeling much more alert

She looked up.

could not help but

Count Lauren

This was

had once been

Lauren’s descendant had failed in business, he

Only then did he bite the bullet

person had paid 100 million dollars to

For a castle in the city of Fousm, in Meridonia, 100 million dollars was still an enormous amount of money. But including the various

had heard about

She never thought that the person who bought the castle was