No Way Back (Jane and Hugh) by Anna Mac novel Chapter 3

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.

However, when he took Jane home, Jack had no idea Jane would turn out to be such a crafty brat.

Eventually, Anna spoke up and said, “Jack, let’s talk this out, don’t let this get physical.”

Jane was still Anna’s biological daughter, even though it tore at Anna’s heart to see Madelyn in so much discomfort

“Maddie is just too kind to her,” Peter muttered to himself.

Peter couldn’t figure out why Madelyn was still trying to protect Jane when she was so upset.

As he watched Madelyn endure pain without complaint, his heart felt like it was being ripped in two.

Now Peter was really hoping Madelyn was their real sister instead of Jane, which was so unfair.

Jack took a few deep breaths and tried to calm the raging fire that was in his chest.

“Jane, do you know 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 direct.

All of the people in the room were taken aback by her response.

They couldn’t believe how drastically different Jane’s behavior was compared to how it had been before. She used to be timid and always tried to please them, but now she seems confident and unafraid.

“No, you don’t? You didn’t just say that,” Jack exclaimed in shock, his eyes wide open.

“No, I don’t,” Jane repeated her answer deliberately, now that Jack wasn’t sure what he had heard.

No matter how many times Jack asked her, she would always say “no.”

Her eyes were as dark and icy as they possibly could be as she continued to fix them on Jack. Jack suddenly felt a chill running down his spine.

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

Now he realized that Jane had changed into a totally different person.

As the former Emeritus Chairman of the Fowler Corporation, he has had the opportunity to interact with a diverse range of people throughout his career.

Jack had now retired and handed over the family business to his grown children because they were finally of age to take it over.

Despite his advanced age, his business sense and keen eye remained intact.