“So you’re the fiancée who abandoned the hero firefighter, Emily Carter? How could you be so heartless—dumping him just because he’s disabled?”
“Today I’ll expose you. Let’s see if anyone will dare marry you again. You’ll die lonely.”
“Yeah, women like you deserve to be publicly shamed so everyone sees your true colors.”
As I was being bombarded, Ryan sat in his wheelchair, feigning weakness, and spoke up.
“Don’t be too harsh on Emily. I’m sure she didn’t mean it. She just couldn’t accept my disability at first.”
“Emily, I know you still love me. You only ran away because you were scared, right? You’re not really a faithless woman. Our wedding will still happen, won’t it?”
Trying to force me into submission by putting me on the moral high ground—despicable.
Chloe chimed in, her tone self-righteous.
“Ryan’s right. If Miss Carter truly abandoned you because you became disabled while saving someone, then she’s no better than an animal.”
She looked at me smugly. “Am I right, Miss Carter?”
I chuckled. “You’re right. If my fiancé became disabled while saving others, and I abandoned him, then I wouldn’t deserve to be called human.”
Ryan thought I had yielded. A flash of triumph crossed his face.