After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 1016
Natalie got taken away by the police.
Before they led her out, she turned to Jordan. Her voice was shaky when she asked, “Why did you betray me, Jordan?”
Jordan met her eyes. “Natalie, I was scared. I didn’t want to go down with you. Sooner or later, Ethan and the police were going to find out what you did. If I stayed quiet, I’d be covering for you. Then I’d be guilty too.”
“We can’t both lose everything. You did what you did, so you have to face the consequences.”
He paused, then softened a bit. “I’ll get you the best lawyer, I promise.”
Natalie let out a laugh, but tears shone in her eyes.
The best lawyer? She knew what she’d done. No lawyer could magic her way out of this. Was it even possible to get her off the hook now?
She glanced over at Ethan. He was watching her, his face tight with disappointment, maybe even heartbreak. She could see it in his eyes. She had let him down. He probably regretted ever loving her in the first place.
Natalie had her own regrets, too.
The guilt over Isabella hit almost instantly. But once she’d started, she couldn’t stop. She’d gotten rid of the kidnappers too, telling herself that only the dead kept secrets. That was the only way to keep herself safe.
Even after she married Jordan, Ethan was still good to her. But over time, he stopped coming around to the Lane house and she saw him less.
Then Ethan started dating Isabella. After just three months, he proposed, and Isabella said yes. He didn’t care what anyone thought. He insisted on marrying her, splurged on an enormous wedding gift, and gave her a wedding everyone talked about for weeks. Natalie couldn’t help but feel jealous, angry, and hurt by it all.
Still, even after marrying Isabella, Ethan was kind to her.
But Isabella changed. Maybe it was her new identity as Mrs. Adams, but she stopped acting meek. She started pushing back, standing up to Natalie, sometimes even challenging her directly.
Eventually, Natalie figured out why. Ethan hadn’t married Isabella out of love. He needed her. As the stepdaughter of the Lane family, Isabella gave Ethan a way in, a connection he needed. Her mother still lived in the Lane house, so through Isabella, Ethan got the family ties he wanted.
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I will be devastated if Isabella and Ethan will get back together. Please, writer, Isabella deserves Harold....
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...