Jilted Bride, Unexpected Proposal

Jilted Bride, Unexpected Proposal

Gavin

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Tonight was supposed to be the happiest night of my life, my engagement party to Alex Turner at the grand St. Regis ballroom. He was handsome, the heir to a fortune, and I had loved him for three years. As he reached for the ring, a woman stumbled in, disheveled and crying. "Alex!" she wailed, claiming she' d been drugged. It was Chloe Hayes, his childhood friend, the one he always called "just like a sister." Without a moment' s hesitation, Alex abandoned me on stage, scooping Chloe into his arms and disappearing into a private lounge. The crowd' s whispers and snickers burned my ears. "Did you see that? He just left her." "On their engagement night, too. How humiliating." My joy curdled into a cold, hard knot. I wanted the floor to swallow me whole. How could he do this to me, after everything? Why was I always the one left behind, the one humiliated? Just as shame threatened to consume me, another figure stepped into the spotlight. It was Daniel Sterling, Alex' s business rival. He picked up the abandoned engagement ring, ascended the stage, and knelt before me. "He can' t even be bothered to give you the ring himself," he said, his eyes surprisingly kind. Then, he held up the ring and asked, "Jane Lim, he doesn' t deserve you. Will you marry me?" My mind went blank. He then pulled out a stunning emerald bracelet. "This is a Sterling family heirloom," he declared. "It belongs to the matriarch of our family. I want you to have it." In that moment, I saw a lifeline, a chance to reclaim my dignity. Looking at Daniel, a man I barely knew, offering more respect than Alex ever had, I took a deep breath. "Yes," I said, my voice shaking but clear. "I will."

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Tonight was supposed to be the happiest night of my life, my engagement party to Alex Turner at the grand St. Regis ballroom.

He was handsome, the heir to a fortune, and I had loved him for three years.

As he reached for the ring, a woman stumbled in, disheveled and crying.

"Alex!" she wailed, claiming she' d been drugged.

It was Chloe Hayes, his childhood friend, the one he always called "just like a sister."

Without a moment' s hesitation, Alex abandoned me on stage, scooping Chloe into his arms and disappearing into a private lounge.

The crowd' s whispers and snickers burned my ears.

"Did you see that? He just left her."

"On their engagement night, too. How humiliating."

My joy curdled into a cold, hard knot.

I wanted the floor to swallow me whole.

How could he do this to me, after everything?

Why was I always the one left behind, the one humiliated?

Just as shame threatened to consume me, another figure stepped into the spotlight.

It was Daniel Sterling, Alex' s business rival.

He picked up the abandoned engagement ring, ascended the stage, and knelt before me.

"He can' t even be bothered to give you the ring himself," he said, his eyes surprisingly kind.

Then, he held up the ring and asked, "Jane Lim, he doesn' t deserve you. Will you marry me?"

My mind went blank.

He then pulled out a stunning emerald bracelet.

"This is a Sterling family heirloom," he declared. "It belongs to the matriarch of our family. I want you to have it."

In that moment, I saw a lifeline, a chance to reclaim my dignity.

Looking at Daniel, a man I barely knew, offering more respect than Alex ever had, I took a deep breath.

"Yes," I said, my voice shaking but clear. "I will."

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