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

was about to reply, II miss you,

in the

deleted

searched for the words

that could

not be as simple as those

still waiting for Hugh’s

a

It was because the video she sent Hugh had already

not ***. He

But she

both lifetimes, Jane had only lived

She had never

had been single

Hugh had taken the

to Hugh’s feelings, Jane still could not control

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

Just as Jane’s mind started to crash and **down, Hugh’s

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

the first time Jane saw this

thinking, she held

she could not possibly fall in love.

focusing on her career good enough? Men would only slow

Jane’s mind was

voice was secretly egging

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

The two little voices

Jane’s head was

replied, [Mr. Croft! How

apologize later. At that moment,

had to deny the truth. It

to lie down

not want to look

How frustrating.

at

The carriage stopped.

Life’s voice.

Jane Fowler, we’ve arrived at our

Oh, ***.

rubbed her

thought, “Oh, Jane. Come what march… Wait, that’s not right. Come what may. When disaster strikes, no

few deep breaths, Jane got out of the

wind and

w against her

Even her thick down jacket, gloves, hat,

very grateful

It cooled her down. Her

herdow

was feeling much more

She looked up.

She could not help

this place… Count

was no ordinary

deal. It had once

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

did he bite the bullet and sell

that a mysterious person had

in the city of Fousm, in Meridonia, 100 million dollars was still an enormous amount of money. But including the various

Jane had heard

person who bought the