"We will take her home and properly discipline her. I promise you, nothing like this will ever happen again."
Fitzgerald also spoke to Isabella in an incredibly gentle, accommodating tone. "Isabella, I am truly sorry. I failed to discipline my daughter properly, and your business suffered for it. We will fully compensate you for all the damages.I just hope you can forgive Natalie this one time. Please don't hold this against her."
Natalie reached out, trying to snatch the stack of cash back, her face twisted in anger. "Mom! I wasn't the one who smashed the place, why should we pay? Don't give her a dime! Those people broke everything, they should be the ones paying!"
Adelina swatted Natalie's hand away with a sharp slap.
She forcefully pressed the stack of bills into Isabella's hands.
"Isabella, I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry. This is our fault for spoiling Natalie so much over the years that she thinks she can do whatever she wants and cause you so much pain.We'll pay. We'll pay for everything, and we will keep her in line. Let's just put an end to this right here."
Adelina grabbed Natalie by the arm and practically dragged her toward the door.
Fitzgerald turned to the police. "We accept a settlement. We'll cover all the financial losses in the cafe."
The officers had originally suggested mediation anyway.
Now that Mr. and Mrs. Gates had shown up to clean up Natalie's mess, it saved the police a massive headache.
Still, they had to look to Isabella to see where she stood.
What could Isabella really do?
She accepted the compensation money. Even if she pushed the issue, Natalie was pregnant and wouldn't face any real jail time.
At most, Natalie would have been forced to pay a fine and maybe spend a few days in detention, which would just be suspended anyway.


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The readers' comments on the novel: After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan)
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...