In February 2008, raven-haired beauty Erica Wang got the surprise of her life. Her boyfriend of two years, swarthy celebrity chef Todd English, whisked her to St. Barts, rented a yacht and led her out onto the bow.
Overlooking the clear, azure sea, English pulled out a 6-carat diamond ring and asked her to be his wife. Wang happily accepted but with a caveat -- she wanted to elope, she said. For her, a big white wedding wasn't important.
But English shook his head.
"Erica," he said, fixing her with his intense brown eyes, "you'll resent me for the rest of your life if you don't let me throw you a big wedding."

Wang, 33, didn't feel like she could argue.
"It was so romantic," she recalled in an exclusive interview with The Post. "I never asked him to marry me because I knew he was the kind of man you can't push. We were having a great time, and I loved him."
Wang isn't exactly feeling the love now. After planning a lavish, $150,000 wedding at The St. Regis last week, the 49-year-old restaurateur jilted Wang -- leaving her to host a party for 150 guests on her own.
He even stiffed her with the final charges for the wedding, she said, forcing her to fork over $12,000.
Now that it's all over, English has cut off her credit cards and is forcing her to move out of their Chelsea apartment at the end of the month, she said. Because she was effectively English's personal assistant, she's also out of a job.
deal with all of this," she said.
... He left me alone to got one last slap in the face -- a $12,000 bill for the remaining cost of the wedding.
"He lied," she said. "He said he'd sent in the last check, but he didn't. I was horrified."
That night, Wang and a girlfriend stayed in her wedding suite at The St. Regis -- the Tiffany Suite, estimated at $1,150 a night -- and soon after reports surfaced that English had been partying in South Beach, where he was photographed with a group of girls.
But Wang said her pain didn't end there. On Thursday, English sent two security guards to their apartment with an inventory list of what belonged to him and what she was allowed to take on her way out, she said.
"They stood there while I packed, to make sure I didn't leave with anything that Todd wanted," she said. "He knows I have nowhere to go. Why not call and ask if I am OK?
"I did everything for him. I was even working for him, but I wouldn't take money. I totally trusted him, stupid me, and he left me with nothing overnight."
Now, as Wang faces a future without a husband, a job and -- for a short while -- a home, she said she is shell-shocked, angry and sad.
But she refuses to feel sorry for herself.
"I'm not upset about not being a wife," Wang insisted.
"I guess it wasn't meant to be. I'm upset at the way it was handled. When I look back, I realize that I asked every single question a woman should have asked. He just avoided details. I've been thinking about it a lot, and I could really be bitter, but I actually still believe in love."

Wang, 33, didn't feel like she could argue.

If she stills has the 6 carat ring.. that should ease the pain a bit.

Actually they had a court case where they said that if the guy breaks up with the woman, she gets to keep the ring. If a girl breaks up, she breaks the contract, so he gets the ring.

I know I would be seeing a lawyer for unemployment or severance pay and at least the amount of the last bill. What would you do?