This Time I'Ll Protect Her
Prologue & Introduction
Jasper kellen/Chief
Your task is to protect him
Alexandria Jade/Fl
I am not interested in marriage🥶🥶
Jackson Archer/Ml dad
Dear, It's your grandparents last wish
Alexandria Jade/Fl
Ok, fine 🥶🥶
Finnegan Archer/Ml
Dad I don't want to marry her🥶🥶
Jackson Archer/Ml dad
why🥶🥶
Finnegan Archer/Ml
I already have girlfriend 🥶🥶
Riya Archer/Ml mom
That girl is not good for you. she is a bitch😠
Finnegan Archer/Ml
Babe listen, I am getting married 😔
Luna Smith/Ml Ex
what about me? 😔
Finnegan Archer/Ml
don't worry, I will divorce her after some month
Finnegan Archer/Ml
yes, then I will marry you😊
Luna Smith/Ml Ex
ok, I love u babe
Finnegan Archer/Ml
I love u too😊
Finnegan Archer/Ml
Don't ever expect me to fulfill husband duty🥶🥶
Finnegan Archer/Ml
you are only wife in name nothing else 🥶🥶
Alexandria Jade/Fl
I never expect anything from anyone🥶🥶
Finnegan Archer/Ml
you cheated on me why😢 :lying on floor injured:
Finnegan Archer/Ml
I love u so much and u just playing with my feelings 😢
Luna Smith/Ml Ex
I never love you, I only love your money that's it😏
Luna Smith/Ml Ex
your wife is so innocent, she didn't do anything but you just blame her for everything 😏
Luna Smith/Ml Ex
yes you heard right. you blindly belive what I said against you wife. We also kill your parents and put blame on Alexa. such a fool you are😏
Finnegan Archer/Ml
:sorry:(They killed my parents and I blame on Alexa .I am sorry Alexa💔)
unknown
It's time for you to die😏
Alexandria Jade/Fl
don't you dare to touch him🥶🥶
unknown
Look who is here Mrs. Archer
Alexandria Jade/Fl
Bastard😠🥶🥶
unknown
you are here to protect your husband 😏
unknown
Too late, bcz you are also going to die😊
Finnegan Archer/Ml
please let her go😢💔
unknown
you both are going to die from my hand today😆
Alexandria Jade/Fl
I will give you whatever you want but you have to let him go safely🥶🥶
Finnegan Archer/Ml
(Why you are doing this, I always hated you without any reason and here you are trying to save me💔)
unknown
Sorry But I already get everything😏
unknown
As for you, I want you😏
Alexandria Jade/Fl
aah :dizzy:
Alexandria Jade/Fl
what did you do to me?
Luna Smith/Ml Ex
I gave you a special drug which make u weak and your body will paralyzed😏
unknown
Then I will taste you beautiful body🤤
Finnegan Archer/Ml
Don't you dare you bastard😡😡
Finnegan Archer/Ml
leave her, she is innocent 😡😡
Alexandria Jade/Fl
(I can't feel my body. It's better to die than being raped😢,Now I can't save him and I didn't fulfill my duty. I am sorry.I think this is the end)
Alexandria Jade/Fl
Do you think I will let you touch me🥶🥶 :emotionless:
Alexandria Jade/Fl
Dream on🥶🥶:take gun from him:
Alexandria Jade/Fl
I am sorry I failed to protect you🙂:last time see his husband:
Finnegan Archer/Ml
Alexa :said softly:
Alexandria Jade/Fl
:shoot herself:
Alexandria Jade/Fl
:laying on ground in pool of blood:
unknown
wow, what a couple 👏👏
unknown
when she is alive ,you always hated her and now you are shed tears for her
Finnegan Archer/Ml
:Emotionlessly looking at her dead body:
Finnegan Archer/Ml
you will pay for this😶
Finnegan Archer/Ml
(God,Pls Give me second chance to get revenge on them and to cherish my wife🙃)
Now the real story will start~~
Finnegan Archer/Ml
Finnegan Archer
25 yrs old
CEO of J&R company
Like- before rebirth(luna),after rebirth (Alexa),family and friends
Dislike- luna after rebirth, gold digger, bitch , slut etc
Alexandria Jade/Fl
Alexa Jade
27 yrs old
CEO of A&J company
General in military
Orphan
Like- her sister and friends
dislike - same as ml
Reborn
Five years back. Impossible.
Finnegan Archer's eyes snapped open, his heart hammering against his ribcage like a trapped bird. The familiar ceiling of his penthouse bedroom stared back at him the same minimalist design, the same soft gray paint, the same crystal chandelier he'd chosen three years after his marriage.
No. Five years after. It should be five years after.
He bolted upright, his breath coming in sharp gasps. His hands, why weren't they covered in blood? The warehouse, the gunshots, Alexa's body falling beside his... it had all been so real. The cold concrete, the mastermind's laughter, the bitter taste of betrayal on his tongue as he realized the truth too late.
Finnegan Archer/Ml
This can't be real
He muttered, running his fingers through his disheveled dark hair. His reflection caught in the mirror across the room those same sharp features that had graced countless magazine covers, the strong jawline that could cut glass, and piercing blue eyes that had once commanded boardrooms with a single glance. At six-foot-two with an athletic build hidden beneath his rumpled sleep shirt, Finnegan Archer was still the man women swooned over and men envied.
But none of that beauty mattered. Not when he'd been so blind.
He grabbed his phone from the nightstand. The date glowed accusingly: March 15, 2020.
Five years. Five goddamn years back.
Finnegan Archer/Ml
No, no, no...
His voice cracked. How? Why? This defied every law of nature, every principle of science he'd ever known. People didn't just... rewind. Death was final. Wasn't it?
His mind raced through those final moments. Alexa's face, pale and determined even as bullets tore through the air. Her whispered words:
"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you better." And his own tears, the crushing weight of realization that he'd destroyed everything himself. That the woman he'd treated like an unwanted burden had been his shield all along.
Finnegan Archer/Ml
I need to repent
He'd gasped then, blood filling his lungs.
Finnegan Archer/Ml
If I could do it over...
Was this the answer? Some cosmic joke? A second chance he didn't deserve?
Finnegan stumbled to his feet, legs shaky. The penthouse was quiet too quiet. Right. Alexa would've already left for work. She always did, disappearing before dawn like a ghost in her own home. In his previous life, he'd barely noticed. Too busy texting Luna, too consumed with his mistress to care about the wife who shared his address but nothing else.
Wife. The word tasted different now. Bitter. Regretful.
He walked to the window, staring out at the city skyline bathed in early morning light. Somewhere out there, his parents were alive. The Archer empire still stood strong. And Luna... Luna was still playing her game, her claws not yet deep enough to rip everything apart.
Finnegan Archer/Ml
How cruel I was to you, Alexandria
He whispered to the empty room. The name felt foreign on his lips he'd barely used it before, preferring cold formality or complete silence.
One of the most powerful businessmen in the country, CEO of J&R Company, and he'd been nothing but a puppet. A blind, arrogant fool dancing on strings he couldn't even see.
But if this was real if he truly stood five years in the past then maybe...
Finnegan's jaw clenched, his reflection in the window hardening with determination.
This time will be different.
The First Step
Finnegan stood before his walk-in closet, fingers trailing over the row of perfectly pressed suits. In his previous life, he'd grabbed whatever was closest, his mind already on Luna's morning texts. Today, he selected a charcoal gray three-piece suit with deliberate care, paired with a crisp white shirt and burgundy tie.
Every choice matters now. Every single one.
He couldn't tell anyone about the rebirth who would believe him?
"Hey, I died and came back" sounded like the ramblings of a madman. No, this secret was his alone to bear. Whatever happened, however impossible it seemed, he had to rewrite his future with his own hands.
The drive to J&R Company felt surreal, like watching a movie he'd already seen. The familiar streets, the same traffic patterns, even the coffee shop on the corner that would close down in two years everything was exactly as he remembered.
J&R Tower rose forty stories into the sky, all steel and glass, a monument to innovation. The company his father had built and he'd expanded into a tech and real estate empire specialized in smart building solutions and sustainable urban development. They'd revolutionized how cities integrated technology into infrastructure, making them one of the most influential companies in the industry.
Finnegan Archer/Ml
And I almost let it all burn,
Finnegan thought bitterly as he walked through the gleaming marble lobby.
Jacob/Assistant
Good morning, Mr. Archer!
Jacob Miller, his assistant, greeted him at the elevator with his usual bright smile. The young man clutched his tablet like a lifeline, already pulling up the day's schedule.
Jacob/Assistant
You have a board meeting at ten, lunch with the Harrison Group at one, and—
Finnegan Archer/Ml
Cancel the lunch
Finnegan said smoothly, stepping into his private elevator.
Jacob blinked.
Jacob/Assistant
Sir? But you scheduled it yourself last week. They're expecting—
Finnegan Archer/Ml
Reschedule. Something came up.
Like my wife, who I need to start paying attention to.
Jacob/Assistant
Of course, Mr. Archer.
The elevator doors closed, and Finnegan's reflection stared back at him handsome, composed, powerful. The same face that had been so easily manipulated by Luna's lies and tears.
His office occupied the entire fortieth floor, a sprawling space with floor-to-ceiling windows offering a panoramic view of the city. Minimalist furniture, abstract art, and a desk that had cost more than most people's cars all symbols of success that had meant everything to him once.
Finnegan sank into his leather chair, loosening his tie as memories crashed over him like waves. The cold dinners where Alexa sat across from him in silence. The way she'd flinch when he snapped at her for the smallest things. How she'd accepted his cruelty with quiet dignity, never fighting back, never complaining.
Because she was protecting me. Always protecting me, and I never saw it.
Finnegan Archer/Ml
*looking outside blankly*
Six months. They'd only been married six months at this point. The arranged marriage his grandparents had orchestrated before their deaths a secret he hadn't understood the importance of back then. His parents had approved, had even celebrated having Alexa as their daughter-in-law, while he'd raged against the "prison" of marriage.
His jaw clenched. He couldn't just transform overnight from the cold, distant husband to a doting one. Alexa would be suspicious hell, anyone would be. He had to take it slow, carefully rebuilding what he'd so carelessly destroyed.
But where do I even start?
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