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

He was about to reply, II miss

But in the

deleted those

searched for the

that could express

be as simple

was still waiting for Hugh’s

She felt like a

It was because the video she sent Hugh had already shown him how

not ***. He

But she was too

had only lived for more than

She had never been in

had been

Hugh had taken the initiative to pursue

Hugh’s feelings, Jane

thought. Was she in love? Being in love would only hold

to crash and **down, Hugh’s reply finally appeared

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

the first time Jane saw

thinking, she held her

told herself that she could not possibly fall in love. She must

her career good enough? Men would only slow her

part of Jane’s mind was shouting

little voice was secretly egging her

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

The two little

Jane’s head was

Croft! How elegant!

later. At that moment, her head was hurting

deny the

lie down

not want to look at her phone

How frustrating.

However, at

The carriage stopped.

heard Life’s voice.

we’ve arrived at

Oh, ***.

Jane rubbed

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

deep breaths,

The wind and

w against

her thick down jacket, gloves, hat, and scarf could not block

very grateful for this

cooled her down. Her head was feeling

herdow

feeling much

She looked up.

could not

Count Lauren

This was

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

Because Count Lauren’s descendant had failed in business, he could

did he bite the bullet and

person had paid

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

had heard

never thought that the person who bought