Why I told Nick I was engaged

No, I was not engaged, but I did have a lot of men who would easily wed me.  I was so infuriated with Nick.  Never had someone ended a relationship with me the same way he had just done.  And I never hurt as much as this time.  I figured if I told Nick I was already engaged to another man he would lose some of the power.  I would regain some of it because I was able to move on and not be all caught up in him.  If I could prove this to him then he would believe that he was foolish in thinking he had me when in reality no one owns me.  Now, I didn't just create this out of thin air.  The month prior, when I was still with Nick an admirer did propose to me.  The only difference with this was I scoffed at him and declined the offer.  If I wanted to make Nick feel insignificant it wouldn't be too difficult.  As I have stated before, I do not like being perceived as weak.  Not being able to move on proves weakness.  My whole persona is captured around a strong, single, independent woman.  I do not like sharing my feelings and the fact that I shared them with Nick and he threw them to the wayside is completely embarrassing.  I know what he thinks of me: I am selfish and uncaring, but that's not all me.  I have my moments but I can be genuine.  The fact that I was genuine with Nick made me mad, so to be able to gain some assertiveness I told Nick he wasn't the only one in my life.