The Jilted Fiancée's Return To High Society

the Vera Wang boutique on Fifth Avenue. The droplets blurred the bustling New York street

pure joy. Iris Rollins stood before the floor-to-ceiling mirrors, her eyes fi

of the clerk, Chloe, was gentle, trying to fill the heavy silence that had settled over

tention was entirely consumed

he had been nervous, her heart fluttering with the anticipation of seeing his reaction. But before Jayson could even

d the sound of the rain outside, Iris had clearly heard th

an umbrella, and I can't get a cab anywhere. My

Fawn Mc

e sofa, his face etched with genuine panic. "Fawn, don't panic. S

shifting from panicked concern to impatient dismissal. "Iris, just d

ced how the lace framed her collarbones or how the silk hug

r had already swung shut behind him, and she watched his sleek

diant, expectant smile she had worn just moments ago

n was the untouchable white swan in Jayson's heart, hi

eir shared childhood, the years of growing up together, would eventually outweigh a woman who had suddenly appeared i

orgetting an umbrella-was all it took for him to abandon her on w

evotion could never compete with the su

e Rollins name still held weight. They had grown up side by side, officially becoming a

x years passed. He came back, willing to fulfill his promise to marry her, but his heart had been left somewhere else. The warmth sh

a whisper. "Chloe, please help me take t

in a circus act, perfo

ttling for a quiet, sympathetic sigh. In her mind, she couldn't help but cu

and Iris was back in her own clothe

hloe called out, grabbing an umbrella and chasing after her, but the wind and rain forc

y back to the penthouse she shared with Jayson, letting the icy downpour soak her to the bone. The freezing

wer and collapsed into bed, he

s throbbing with a blinding pain. The thermometer confirmed a dangero

or comfort, she dialed Jayson's number. It ra

throat raw. "I think I have

ce laced with irritation and impatience. "I'm busy

oft, familiar voice drifted thro

ne washing up.

ain cleared instantly. The a

htening so painfully it felt as if a hand was crushing her he

and took a cab to the emergency room. She was quickly hooked up to an IV

ortable hospital bed, only to be jolted awake b

nurse rushed in, her face pale with apo

own. We just had a massive trauma case come in, and we're incred