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

He was about to reply, II miss you,

But in

Hugh deleted

for the

could express all

be as simple as those four

still waiting

She felt like a

was because the video she sent Hugh had already

was not

But she

Jane had only lived for

She had never been in

She had been single

taken the initiative to

responded to Hugh’s feelings, Jane still could not control the butterflies in

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

and **down, Hugh’s

watched the snow in winter. In my waking moments, I miss

first time

she held her

that she could not possibly fall in love.

good enough? Men

part of Jane’s mind was

However, another little voice was secretly

Mr. Croft is so 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 but ***. Feelings should be flushed down toilet bowls and thrown

two little voices

head was about to

[Mr. Croft! How elegant! Hahaha!

would apologize later. At that moment, her head was hurting

deny the truth. It was

to lie down for

to look at

How frustrating.

at

The carriage stopped.

She heard Life’s voice. He

Jane Fowler, we’ve

Oh, ***.

Jane rubbed her

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

few deep breaths, Jane got out of the

wind

against

gloves, hat, and

was very grateful for this

her down. Her head was feeling

herdow

was feeling much more

She looked up.

could not help but

place… Count Lauren

was

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

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

Only then did he bite the

that a mysterious person had

still an enormous amount of money. But including the various expenses required throughout the year, the total figure was astronomical.

had heard about

person who bought the