Left to Drown: I Walked Away From My Billionaire Fiancé

Five years into my relationship with Ethan Vance, I accompanied him and his childhood friend, Chloe Brooks, on an adventure trip to the barren canyons of Utah.

When a sudden flash flood hit, Ethan tied the only life-saving rope around Chloe, leaving me behind in the raging, muddy torrents.

"Chloe has severe claustrophobia, Summer. I have to pull her up first! Just hold on to the rock and don't move!"

I soaked in the freezing, bone-chilling floodwaters for five agonizing hours, nearly dying in the middle of nowhere. Yet, all I got from him later was a text: