“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.