Rejected by my mate, chosen by the prince.Updated at Apr 30, 2026, 08:18
She was thinking of saying “yes” to the man of her life. Instead, she receives an announcement: the man she loved is marrying her cousin. “I’m sorry, Lila…I’m in love with Chloe. I want to call off the engagement.”In one sentence, James Carter erased three years of love. In one family dinner, Chloe Bennett stole more than a fiancé: she stole Lila Matthews' trust, dignity, and place in her own story.Out of pride, out of rage, out of defiance, Lila goes to their wedding. High heels, head held high, heart in pieces. She plans to smile, toast, and leave before dessert. She had not planned to escape the wishes to take refuge in the garden bar. Above all, she hadn’t expected _him_.A stranger in a rumpled suit, undone tie, the tired look of a man who carries too many secrets. He doesn't ask her why she's crying. He hands her a glass. “Rough day? I bet mine is worse.” She laughs despite herself. “I doubt it, Wells.”She calls him Wells. He doesn't correct her. During an evening stolen from lies, they speak to each other without masks. She, the betrayed commoner. Him, the man who never had the right to just be a man. Between them, it’s brutal, obvious, forbidden.The next day, Lila understands. “Wells” does not exist. The man who stitched his heart back together with words and whiskey is Arthur. Prince Arthur. Heir to the Crown of England.Betrayed by those who should have loved her, judged by an entire country that doesn't want her, Lila will have to choose: become the woman being trampled on again, or fight for the man who knelt on the ground in front of her, not for a crown, but for eternal love._Rejected by my mate, chosen by the Prince_ is the story of a fall that becomes an ascent. Because sometimes you have to lose a man to gain a kingdom. And sometimes a prince must abandon protocol to have the right to love.