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

to reply, II

in the

deleted those

for the words to

could express

as

was still waiting for

She felt like a young

because the video she sent Hugh

Hugh was not ***.

she

lifetimes, Jane had only lived for more than 20

She had never been

had been single all her

had taken

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

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

to crash and **down,

in winter. In my waking moments, I miss you.

the first time Jane saw this

thinking, she

told herself that she could not possibly fall in love.

on her career good enough? Men would only slow

rational part of Jane’s mind was

However, another little voice was secretly

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

two little voices

head was about

She replied, [Mr. Croft! How

would apologize later. At that moment, her head

to deny the

lie

She did not want to look

How frustrating.

However, at

The carriage stopped.

She heard Life’s voice. He

we’ve arrived at

Oh, ***.

rubbed her

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

few deep breaths, Jane got out of

The wind

w against her

down jacket, gloves, hat, and scarf could not block the

was very grateful

her down. Her head was feeling

herdow

feeling much more

She looked up.

She could not help

place… Count Lauren of Fousm’s

was

had once been the castle where the count

Lauren’s descendant had failed in business, he could

did he bite the bullet

that a mysterious person had paid 100 million dollars to buy this

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 not even dare to

Jane had

She never thought that the person