Chloe was burned and disfigured because of her vanity. Even in such danger, she insisted on changing clothes and redoing her makeup, delaying the best chance for rescue.
Her recklessness even caused the death of a firefighter. Later, she killed herself because the incident went viral in the news, and she was viciously attacked online until she couldn’t bear it anymore.
But Ryan never cared about the facts. Simply because I had stopped him, he blamed everything on me—and in the end, cruelly killed me.
In this life, I no longer cared about their so-called tragic love. I only wanted to stay far away from those two lunatics.
Clutching my phone, I quickly left the scene.
Back home, I hurriedly packed my clothes, blocked every way Ryan could contact me, and booked the earliest flight out for a vacation abroad.
I turned off my phone for three days. But when I powered it back on the fourth day and saw the news from the U.S., I was utterly shocked.
I never expected their mess to drag me onto the headlines.
“Hero Firefighter Loses Leg Saving Others, Heartlessly Abandoned by Fiancée.”
Seeing that title—and my photo splashed across the screen—made my head spin with rage.
Clicking into the article, I learned the truth: this time, Chloe wasn’t injured at all. Instead, Ryan was severely burned in the fire, and his leg had to be amputated.
Online, Ryan wept publicly, claiming that after becoming disabled while saving lives, I had heartlessly abandoned him and broken our engagement.
In the video, he sat in a wheelchair, pale-faced, one pant leg hanging empty.
“Emily, come back. I don’t believe you would throw away our years together.”
Beside him, Chloe spoke tearfully.
“I’m the one he saved. I owe him my life. I sincerely thank Ryan for rescuing me. And I beg Miss Carter—Ryan is a hero. You can’t abandon a hero just because he now carries scars. If you want compensation, I’ll do anything. Just please, don’t leave him when he’s at his weakest. He truly needs you.”
The two of them played off each other seamlessly, pushing me right into the storm.
I hadn’t expected that even after fleeing abroad, I’d still get dragged into their farce. Overnight, I became the target of online outrage.
“This is what a shallow woman looks like—dumping her fiancé the moment he’s disabled. She’s an embarrassment to women everywhere.”