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

about to reply,

in the

deleted

He searched for the words

could express

not be as simple as those four

Jane was still waiting

She felt like a young

because the video she sent Hugh had already

was not ***. He

But she

Counting her both lifetimes, Jane had only lived for more

had never been in

had been single all her

taken the initiative to pursue

she responded to Hugh’s feelings, Jane

she thought. Was she in love? Being in love

and **down, Hugh’s

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

time Jane saw this

she held her

that she could not possibly fall in love.

her career good enough? Men would only slow her

The rational part of Jane’s mind was shouting like

However, another little voice was secretly egging

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

The two little

Jane’s head was about

replied, [Mr. Croft! How

that moment,

had to deny the truth. It

lie

She did not want to look

How frustrating.

at

The carriage stopped.

Life’s voice.

we’ve

Oh, ***.

rubbed

Come what may. When disaster strikes, no one can escape

breaths, Jane

The wind and

against

gloves, hat, and scarf

But Jane was very grateful

down.

herdow

was feeling much more

She looked up.

She could not help but

“Isn’t this place… Count Lauren of Fousm’s

was no ordinary

Instead, it was the real deal. It had once

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

he bite

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

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 think about

had heard

that the person