Abandoned By My Hero, Reborn Stronger

For years, I was the orphan girl hopelessly in love with my guardian, Jordan. He was my protector, my entire world, the man who promised he would always keep me safe.

Then he announced his engagement to Gwyneth Duran, a woman who saw me as a rival to be crushed.

One night, he stumbled home drunk, mistook me for her, and forced a kiss on me. But when he woke up the next morning, he looked at me with pure disgust.

"I know what you're doing," he spat. "Trying to worm your way into my life. Stay away from me."

His fiancée slapped me, calling me a slut, and his parents, believing their lies, threw me out with nothing. The man who had been my hero now saw me as something vile.

With my heart shattered, I made one last call.

"Aunt Diana? I'm coming to Chicago."

From now on, he and I are nothing but strangers.