No Way Back by Anna Mac

Chapter 3 Jane Got Slapped

“What did you say?” Jack couldn’t believe what he had just heard.

Even Peter was taken aback.

“I said, why do I have to kneel? Are you a mob boss or something? Are you seriously considering physically harming your daughter?” Jane retorted, remaining as composed as ever.

Her expression was calm, like that of a peaceful pond, but beneath the surface, a flame was burning.

Jane wasn’t being angry at the Fowler family.

Since she no longer cared about them, she could no longer hate them; instead, she only felt apathy.

For some reason, this made Jane remember the time in her previous life when she had obeyed Jack’s command and knelt in fear.

She had tried desperately to defend herself against baseless accusations and demands, but no one had listened.

When Peter saw Madelyn sobbing, he lost his temper and severely smacked Jane.

Jane had to apologize, fearing that her family would be angry. She had no choice but to put up with all the false accusations and carry the weight of things she had never done.

Now she wondered why she had been such an idiot and had lived a life devoid of dignity in her previous life.

Jane was now mad at her old self.

“Great. I see you’ve grown some backbone to disobey me,” said Jack, who was genuinely furious this time. He was about to slap Jane and raise his hand.

At that moment, “Dad, don’t!” Madelyn suddenly shouted.

Her words abruptly halted Jack’s hand in mid–air.

Anna looked at Madelyn with a shocked expression and asked, “Sweetheart, what are you…?”

Madelyn was sobbing and yelling at the same time, her voice becoming hoarse as she appeared to be on the verge of passing out from a lack of oxygen. “Don’t hit Janie, Dad, please don’t… She’s your biological daughter anyway!”

Jack was momentarily brought back to his senses when he heard the words “biological daughter.

He cast a profound and thoughtful look in Jane’s direction.

Whether Jack wanted to admit it or not, the woman in front of him was of his own blood.

had no idea Jane would turn

Anna spoke up and said, “Jack, let’s talk this out,

was still Anna’s biological daughter, even though it tore at Anna’s heart

kind to her,” Peter muttered

out why Madelyn was still trying to protect Jane when she

Madelyn endure pain without complaint, his heart felt like it was being ripped in

their real sister instead of Jane, which was so

breaths and tried to calm

what you did wrong?” Asked Jack, trying to make himself sound as calm as possible. “No, I don’t,” Jane replied without hesitation, her answer simple and

in the room

behavior was compared to how it had been before. She used to be timid and always tried to please them, but now she

you don’t? You didn’t just say that,” Jack exclaimed in shock, his

Jane repeated her answer deliberately, now that Jack

times Jack asked her, she would

she continued to fix them on Jack. Jack

witnessed that look in Jane’s eyes, it was one he had never seen

realized that Jane had changed into

Emeritus Chairman of the Fowler Corporation, he has had the opportunity to interact with a diverse range of

over the family business to his grown children because they were finally of age to

his business sense

That’s enough!” Madelyn cried as

Maddie!” Jack yelled as

worried that Jane

instant, but she

her family situation and resolved that she would no longer struggle to win their approval. As a result, the pain no longer caused her any discomfort, and she was confident that the wound on her heart would close

you really are now. You are the real Fowler family daughter. I understand that

you think I am making things more difficult for you here, I am more

spoke, her

except maybe Jane, felt

falling from the eyes of Anna, who was standing

leave!” Anna said firmly, “I know Jane

“Blood ties will never change how we feel about each other. Regardless of what happens, my daughter, you will always be the heiress of the

“Daddy…” Madelyn sobbed.

tears

I’m so scared,

I’m here.

gave Jane

all it took to fan Jack’s suspicions about Jane into a raging inferno