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All Chapters of The Golden Retriever Boyfriend Runs Away: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

I stared at the pet ID tag in my palm. Jocelyn Porter's name was engraved across its surface. Humiliation closed around my throat like an invisible hand, leaving me barely able to breathe."Here, boy! Come here!"Someone in the private room whistled, calling to me as if I were a well-trained pet. I instinctively looked up, and the room erupted in laughter."Ha! He actually looked!""Jocelyn, you really have trained him well. One little call, and he responds!"Someone even held out a hand toward me, deliberately imitating a dog trainer."Bobby, come on. Shake!"The smile vanished from Jocelyn's face. She set her wine glass down hard and swept an icy gaze across the room."Enough."Just because I joked about him doesn't mean the rest of you get to use him for your entertainment."Everyone fell silent at once.Jocelyn took my hand and softened her voice."They’ve had too much to drink. Don't take it personally."Marvin Smith, however, snorted with laughter. "Everyone’s just j

Chapter 2

It was not until I saw the piles of cash on the table that I understood. That phone call was nothing more than a bet they made to prove Jocelyn's point.Marvin casually pulled a thick wad of bills from the pile and stuffed it into the collar of a nearby waiter's shirt."Here."Get the obedient little puppy a few extra dishes tonight, and open two more bottles of his owner's favorite wine."The room erupted in laughter.When Jocelyn noticed how pale and angry I had become, her expression finally darkened.She stood up, walked over to me, wiped the sweat from my forehead, and led me back to my seat."Since you came back, you might as well stay."Sit for a while. We will go home together when this is over."In the past, whenever she coaxed me like that, my anger would melt away almost immediately. This time, however, I suddenly realized that it no longer mattered whether I stayed or left.Once someone decided to walk away, sitting around a little longer would not change how thin

Chapter 3

Jocelyn froze for a moment, still holding the torn page. She was about to ask what I meant when Marvin staggered into the master bedroom, a hazy, drunken smile on his face."What’s wrong with a cat sleeping in its owner's bedroom?"Bobby, don't you sleep in the study all the time anyway?"Jocelyn sighed helplessly.I stood in the doorway, waiting for her to make him get up.Instead, she simply made excuses for him. "He’s drunk. Let him lie down for now. It isn't like you have to go to bed right this second."I said nothing. I just bent down, picked up the kitten huddled in the corner, and headed out.Jocelyn followed me for a couple of steps."Are you seriously going to keep throwing a tantrum?"Then Marvin's slurred voice drifted from the master bedroom."Jocelyn, I don't feel good."She stopped in her tracks and instinctively turned back toward him.I did not wait any longer. Just before I closed the door, I heard Marvin chuckle drunkenly from the head of the bed."The l

Chapter 4

I woke up to the sound of Marvin's voice."Your twenty-first message. Jocelyn, it’s fine if you don't reply. I’ll just wait downstairs."Your twenty-seventh message. If you come back to me, I'll do anything."He dragged out the words dramatically, reading aloud the messages I had sent Jocelyn when I begged her to take me back.The hospital room door was open. Nurses and passing patients could all hear how I had been blocked, how I had stood in the rain waiting for her, and how I had begged her again and again not to call off our wedding.When Marvin saw me open my eyes, he blew a dog whistle gleefully.Jocelyn was sitting on the couch, exhaustion written across her face."Why did you let him see those messages?" I asked.My throat was painfully hoarse. She stood up and poured me some water, her voice even."You've been unconscious for half a day. You woke up once earlier, then fell asleep again."Marvin said that if he read you some things from the past, you might react when

Chapter 5

As the plane climbed above the clouds, I took one last look at the city below.Jocelyn and I had been in love for seven years. Countless times, I had imagined holding her hand as we boarded a plane to leave this city on our honeymoon.I never imagined that when I finally left for real, I would be wearing an oversized coat, a bandage wrapped around my forehead, and a leg so badly injured that I could barely walk.Before I turned off my phone, the pet transport service sent me a video. Marshmallow was curled up in her secured carrier, resting on my old coat.I watched it for a long time before putting my phone away."From now on, it’s just you and me."Three hours later, the plane landed in a small city in the South.Jocelyn had no friends there, and no one knew who Bobby was supposed to ‘belong to’.As the airport staff wheeled me toward the exit, I used my backup phone to connect to the internet. A dozen emails from the wedding planner flooded my inbox.Jocelyn had refused to

Chapter 6

On the third day after I settled into my new city, I received a call from the police.Jocelyn had reported me missing, claiming that I was seriously injured and had not yet recovered, and that she suspected I had disappeared.The officer confirmed my name and ID number, then asked whether anyone had forced me to leave."No. I left of my own free will.""Would you like us to give your address to the person who filed the report?""No, thank you."The officer did not press me. He simply explained that they would inform the person who had reported me that I was safe.After hanging up, I went to my orthopedic follow-up appointment with Janet.When I fell at the cemetery, I had suffered a hairline fracture in my right leg. I would not be able to walk normally for some time.I was waiting outside the examination room when Janet suddenly held a phone out to me."Mr. Shaw, is this you?"On the screen was a missing-person notice.Jocelyn had hired a private investigation agency to pu

Chapter 7

Although the missing-person notices had been taken down, the secretly recorded videos had not completely disappeared.One clip showed Janet wheeling me back to my rented house. Inside her carrier, Marshmallow pressed her head against the mesh door and rubbed against my hand.Only then did Marvin remember ‘his’ cat.The next day, I received a call from the local police station.Marvin had reported that I had taken a pet registered in his name without his permission.After confirming the details with me, the officers learned that I had rescued Marshmallow and that we had both cared for her. They contacted both sides to negotiate an agreement on who should keep her.However, Marvin refused to negotiate. He insisted that I return Marshmallow and had his lawyer send over the adoption certificate and microchip registration.His name was indeed on both documents.When I first rescued her, I had already arranged to adopt her through the animal shelter.Then Marvin suddenly announced t

Chapter 8

Jocelyn was sitting at the far end of the hallway. She had no bodyguards with her, and she made no attempt to come closer.When she saw me, she simply stood and called my name."Bobby."I turned around and went back into the observation room.She did not leave until Marshmallow's condition stabilized.The day after she was discharged, the cemetery staff called me.They told me that the cemetery had been busier than usual over the past two days, with many people visiting the graves of their loved ones. Someone had taken advantage of the crowds to film an insulting video at my mother's grave. Security had already stopped them once.At first, I thought they had called the wrong person.Then, they sent me the video.Silver dog tags covered my mother's headstone. Bags of dog food, chew toys, and a plastic water bowl lay scattered on the ground. Several young people stood in front of the grave, whistling and laughing into the camera."Bobby, your owner's here to take you home!"

Chapter 9

Three days later, I returned to the cemetery.It was quiet. All the dog tags and stickers had been removed, and the flower bed that had been trampled was repaired.All the flowers sent by the Porter family had been taken away. The only ones left were the two white hydrangeas I had planted beside my mother's grave.The man who had stood up for me was there, too.His wife, her pregnant belly prominent, held a fresh bouquet of lilies."We never got the chance to properly apologize to your mother for what happened that day," she said.She began to bow, but I quickly asked someone nearby to steady her."You aren't the ones who should be apologizing."The man's delivery truck had finally been saved, and all the outstanding payments had been settled.Jocelyn had issued a public clarification of what had happened, admitting that she had allowed Marvin to demand compensation and suspend the man's delivery assignments.The driver accepted compensation for his lost income and medical ex

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