Chapter 1 The day I left , Javon ran three red lights just to catch up with me . He kept texting me like crazy . " I was only messing around with her . Why are you acting like this ? " wed . Is that true ? " " They are saying you're getting " I'm sorry . I won't upset you again . Please " I'll order that wedding dress right now ." just come back . " དང་ ཀམ་ པ་ ད་ གས་ ད་ ཀན་ ས་ ཆད་ སྐད་ tn - Eaa དང་ ཤདང་ ོ ང་ བན་ ས་ དང་པར་ ནད་ འའབད་ ར་ མ་ བན་ ཆས་ ལས་ དང་ " Don't do this to me . I'm going crazy . " " Please , pick up the phone ! " The pleading in his messages tugged at my heart , but the feeling faded almost as quickly as it came . For days , I kept blocking one number after another , until I finally just pulled out my SIM card and replaced it . I heard that Javon wasn't doing well and had become unstable , but that wasn't my concern anymore . Once , I really believed we'd spend the rest of our lives side by side . Menu In the seventh year of her relationship with Javon Bradford , Jaelynn Norton was ready to get married . She had already chosen a wedding dress , just waiting for him to ask . She'd been in love with him from their school days to the working world , loving him so much she lost herself and became just his shadow . A few days earlier , rumors had started making the rounds in their social circle . People said Javon was getting close to a college girl he was sponsoring , and friends warned Jaelynn to keep an eye out . She brushed it off at first , until the day she went for the pre - marital checkup at the hospital . Javon was supposed to be in a meeting , but instead , he was there with that girl , accompanying her for a physical . When the nurse drew the girl's blood , she whimpered in pain , and Javon leaned in , his voice soft , his face full of worry . Jaelynn's hands trembled . She crumpled her checkup form and pulled out her phone . " Mom , I'll go on that blind date . " Her mother's surprise was clear . " Will you even have the time ? Being a secretary keeps you so busy . " " I'm not a secretary anymore . I transferred to a different department . Please set it up . " After hanging up , Jaelynn walked out of the hospital , picked up the gift bag Javon had ordered at the mall , and headed straight for the hotel . The banquet hall was lavishly decorated . It was a special celebration for Shayla McDowell's new job , and it was organized by Javon himself . Shayla was surrounded by people , a crown on her head and a white Dior dress on , looking like a princess . Colleagues teased her , urging her to toast with Javon . Blushing , Shayla slipped her arm through Javon's . She could barely hold her liquor , and after half a glass , she collapsed against Javon in a drunken daze . Just then , someone spotted Jaelynn walking in . Their expression tightened . " Jaelynn . " The lively chatter died instantly . Shayla , cheeks flushed , tried to pull away from Javon's arms , but he only held her closer , completely unfazed by Jaelynn's presence . 2011/01 WebNovel Open 6 < Chapter 1 " Why are you late ? " he asked , skipping right over the fact that he'd skipped their pre - marital checkup . " It rained , and traffic was bad , " Jaelynn said with a polite smile . Javon reached for the gift bag she was carrying . " Shay , I promised you a gift when you started your internship at the Bradford Group . " Shayla opened the box inside and gasped . A diamond ring sparkled back at her . " It's my favorite style . Thank you , Jay . " www " Let me put it on you , " he said , slipping the r ring onto her finger . " Menu His face turned serious , as if he were proposing to her . ure the moment . Colleagues nearby were taking photos to capture the " After the toast and now with the ring , Shay is under Mr. Bradford's protection . " Javon wrapped an arm around Shayla's waist and murmured into her ear , " How are you going Hill- Shayla rose on tiptoe to kiss his cheek . With a satisfied smile , Javon turned to the others . " From now on , Shay is my secretary . " Jaelynn's breath caught . " Memories rushed in all at once . When Javon was seven , he moved into the house next door . The very first time they met , he told her she was beautiful . He loved holding her hand , telling her , " Jael , I'll protect you . " From then on , he never let anyone pick on her . He wouldn't even let other boys look at her , and dating was completely off - limits . to thank me ? " " મ = and I want to . " On the night she came of age , after a single glass of wine , she asked him , " Why won't you let me date ? I'm grown up now , Javon had backed her against the wall , his voice low and unyielding . " If you're going to date , it'll only be with me . I've protected you for eleven years , and I'm not letting anyone else have you , because I like you ." Their first kiss happened that night . It was the start of their love story . In college , they were inseparable . When someone mocked him for being illegitimate , she was the first to defend him , fierce and unwavering . 1 She even gave him a rare jade carving to help win the Bradford family's approval . Then everything changed . Her family went bankrupt , her father passed away , and she moved from a villa to a countryside home . That same year , Javon was taken in by the wealthy Bradford family . Everyone assumed he would leave her . However , he pulled her close and , in front of everyone , declared . " Jael is my girlfriend . We'll always be together . "