Ethan woke up with a pounding headache, the bitter taste of last night’s alcohol still on his tongue. For a second his mind was blank, but then reality rushed in, heavy and unforgiving.
He remembered. Isabella and her mother were gone. Cremated. The grief had crushed him, so he drank until he couldn’t feel anything at all.
Isabella…
The simple thought of her, the way she died, sent a sharp ache through his chest. His eyes filled with tears. There was no one here to see, so he let himself cry for real, not caring how loud or broken he sounded.
Right then, his phone buzzed on the nightstand. He wiped his eyes and forced himself up, the room spinning a little as he reached for it. The caller ID showed the Lane Family’s housekeeper. Odd. The housekeeper rarely called unless something serious happened.
His heart sank. Was it Natalie? If anything happened to her now…
He answered immediately, voice rough. “What’s wrong? Is Natalie okay?”
A strained, desperate voice came through. “Mr. Adams, please help me. I don’t want to die.”
Ethan blinked in confusion. “What’s going on? Why would you say that?”
“I’m about to send you a video. You’ll understand once you see it. I don’t know if I’ll survive this. This is all the evidence I have, and if something happens… at least someone will know the truth.”
The call ended before he could say anything more.
Moments later, a message popped up. The housekeeper had sent a video. Ethan and the Lane family were close, so he and the staff had each other on social media. It wasn’t unusual for the housekeeper to send him things. Whenever Isabella went home and fought with Natalie, he’d get a message, a photo or a video as proof.
This time, he opened the video with a strange feeling twisting in his gut. His hand started to tremble as the footage played.
No way. This couldn’t be.



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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...