“Jordan, I need your help. You have to erase everything, make sure the police never connect it to me. And you need to find a way to stop Ethan from digging any deeper.”
“If Ethan would just let this go, Isabella’s death would turn into a cold case. I’d be in the clear.”
Jordan let out a frustrated sigh, his voice heavy with mixed anger and helplessness. “Natalie, honestly, what do you want me to do? I don’t even know where to start.”
“Ethan’s a wreck because Isabella’s gone. He really cared about her. You saw it. You know it.” He paused, searching her face for any sign of regret.
“That’s why she had to go,” Natalie replied, her voice clipped and cold. “If Isabella was alive, she would have taken Ethan from me.”
Ethan could only love her, only spoil her... that was all that mattered.
Jordan shook his head, clearly overwhelmed. “Ethan’s never going to stop searching for the truth. Not unless he dies, too. But he’s the head of the Adams family. If anything ever happened to him, the family would launch an investigation and never let it go.”
He rubbed his temples, feeling a headache starting. “Dealing with everyone else is one thing, but Ethan? Don’t tell me you want to kill him next. What, take out the entire Adams family, too?”
Could she really go that far? He wasn’t sure anymore.
Natalie didn’t answer. The silence in the room stretched, heavy and tense.
Jordan paced back and forth for a minute, then finally headed to the mini-bar. He poured himself a generous drink, his hands trembling just a little.
Natalie was his wife. He’d promised to protect her, no matter what. There was no way he could just watch as she went to jail. If she was caught, the Lane family would be ruined, too.
The only other option would be to turn her in himself, or try to convince her to surrender... maybe that could save their family. But as he watched her across the room, all he saw was the woman he’d grown up with, the woman he loved—someone who’d always put the Lane family first, even if it meant doing terrible things.
Sending her away, letting her face death... he just couldn’t do it.


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The readers' comments on the novel: After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan)
Author, please get your characters names right. You always messing them up!...
I wish Harold will win Isabella's heart. I was so sad when Isabela was taken for granted coldly and cruelly by her supposed to be husband, and trapped,mocked and humiliated non stop by Natalie. This was so cruel, both don't deserve Isabela' forgiveness I wish for a happy ending between Isabela and Harold, he has the right to be happy after the long wait....
Frankly, the story initially was going quite good and the pacing was just right. unfortunately after Ethan got the dream of his past life, the story has been going in circles. Ethan's spouting the same nonsense every time he sees Isabella, they both have same conversations over and over. The authors monologue too has been the same for almost 400 chapters. Irrespective of which character the writing the just a repetition of what someone had gone through in the past and what made a certain character feel the emotions. York got introduced in 800 chapters yet nothing significant happened till date. Isabella is soft with Harold and kind of disgusted with Ethan, yet it is not entirely clear with whom she might end up. If she stays single i am fine with it but the story is clearly about Isabella and Ethan so almost 1000 chapters without seeing any progress in their relationship is frustrating. Except for being blindly in love and few aggressive instances with Isabella, Ethan actually isnt a bad person so i am fine if he can win her back. Even though Harold is coming off as a good second lead, i am somehow unable to warm upto him. Even the bad people in the story are not really facing any real consequences. I hate Jackson for his hypocrisy. I hate Jordan and Natalie for their self-righteouness and selfishness. I also hate Deborah, except when she is handing it out to Natalie. I am almost on the verge of dropping this story....
Why are they acting like kids 🤣😭...
Ethan is actually not that bad if we take out his blind love for Natalie...