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.

when he took Jane home, Jack had no idea Jane would turn out to

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

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

to her,” Peter muttered to

figure out why Madelyn was still trying to protect Jane when she was so

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

hoping Madelyn was their real sister

and tried to calm the raging fire that was

trying to make himself sound as calm as possible. “No, I don’t,”

in the room

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

that,” Jack exclaimed in shock, his

deliberately, now that Jack wasn’t

how many times Jack asked

could be as she continued to fix them on Jack. Jack suddenly felt a chill running

look in Jane’s

that Jane had changed into a totally different

the former Emeritus Chairman of the Fowler Corporation, he has had the opportunity to interact

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

age, his business sense and

That’s enough!” Madelyn

closer to her, Maddie!” Jack yelled as

Jane would hurt Madelyn

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

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

cried out, “Janie, I know who you really are now. You are the real Fowler family daughter. I understand that you pretended to be a distant relative in order to spare my feelings, and I apologize for

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

uncontrollably as she spoke, her tears falling like

else, except maybe Jane, felt sorry

eyes of

“I know Jane is my

how we feel about each other. Regardless of

“Daddy…” Madelyn sobbed.

hold back her tears

I’m so scared, Daddy…”

“It’s okay, I’m here. No one can

gave Jane a

to fan Jack’s suspicions about Jane