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.

no idea Jane would turn out to be such a

Anna spoke up and said, “Jack, let’s talk this out, don’t let this

tore at Anna’s heart to see Madelyn in so much

is just too kind to her,” Peter muttered to

still trying

endure pain without complaint, his

real sister instead

a few deep breaths and tried to calm the raging fire that

wrong?” Asked Jack, trying to make himself sound as calm

in the room were taken aback by her

believe how drastically different Jane’s behavior was compared to how it had been before. She

you don’t? You didn’t just say that,” Jack

I don’t,” Jane repeated her answer deliberately, now that Jack wasn’t

how many times Jack asked her, she would always

dark and icy as they possibly could be as she continued to fix them

Jane’s eyes, it was one he had never

had changed into a

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

family business to his grown children

business sense and keen

stop! That’s enough!” Madelyn cried

any closer to her, Maddie!” Jack yelled as he looked at Madelyn

Jane

for an instant, but she quickly forced the discomfort out of

to terms with the reality of 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

you really are now. You are the real Fowler family daughter. I understand that you pretended to be a distant relative

any case, I’d like to have the position returned to you because I no longer care about it. If you think I am making things more difficult for you here, I am more than willing to

as she spoke, her tears

Jane, felt

from the eyes of Anna, who was

leave!” Anna said firmly, “I know Jane

then added, “Blood ties will never change how we feel about each other. Regardless of what happens,

“Daddy…” Madelyn sobbed.

couldn’t hold back her tears and sobbed into Jack’s

I’m so scared, Daddy…”

I’m here. No one can hurt

gave

fan Jack’s suspicions about Jane into a raging