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 video

to reply, II miss

in

deleted

He searched for

Something that could express all

be as simple as those four

Jane was still

felt like a

she sent Hugh had already shown him how she felt about

was not ***. He

she

both lifetimes, Jane had only lived for more than

had never been

been single all her

Although Hugh had taken the initiative

Jane still

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

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

admired the flowers in spring, and watched the snow in winter.

Truthfully, the first time

thinking, she

herself that she could not possibly

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

The rational part of Jane’s mind was

another little voice was secretly egging her

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

The two

was

replied, [Mr. Croft! How elegant!

that moment, her head was hurting

to deny the truth. It

Jane wanted to lie down for

not want to look at her

How frustrating.

at

The carriage stopped.

She heard Life’s voice.

Fowler, we’ve arrived

Oh, ***.

Jane rubbed

what may. When disaster

taking a few deep breaths, Jane got out of

The wind

w against her

jacket, gloves, hat, and

very grateful for

her down. Her head was

herdow

She was feeling much

She looked up.

could not help

place… Count

This was no ordinary

had once been the castle where the

failed in

Only then did he bite the bullet

said that a mysterious person had paid 100 million dollars

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

the person