After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 1077
Stephanie sighed, gently advising him. "Ethan, you refused to listen to me before. You took Isabella for granted, and that's exactly why you're in this mess today. Regret won't change the past, but I'm going to try talking some sense into you one last time."
"Let go of your obsession with her. You probably haven't even figured out if you truly love her. What you think is love might just be overwhelming guilt, or simply habit."
"You were married for months. You grew accustomed to having her around."
"That isn't love. And guilt certainly isn't love either."
"Even if we ignore all that, Isabella is done with you. She isn't going to look back, and she isn't going to fall for you again. If you keep clinging to a dead hope, you're the only one who will suffer."
"I don't want to watch you drown in misery. Let go of Isabella, and let go of whatever you felt for Natalie. Once you're fully healed, I'll set you up with some wonderful women. You can start fresh."
Ethan wanted to argue that his feelings for Isabella were real.
But the words died in his throat, pulling him into a heavy silence.
When it came to Isabella, was he driven by love, or just a suffocating wave of guilt?
Looking back at their marriage, he couldn't deny that he felt something for her during those quiet moments they shared.
The feelings were real.
But the guilt was real, too—and perhaps a lot heavier.
Ever since that bizarre, vivid dream, the memories felt entirely real to him.
He had ruthlessly broken Isabella in that other life.
And in the end, it had killed her.
That was the root of his despair. He truly believed he was the reason she died.
"Grandma, I know for a fact that I care about Isabella."
"The guilt is there, yes, and I know I don't have much of a chance anymore. She's chosen Harold, and I know he'll give her the world."
"But I just..."
After a long, stretching silence, Ethan finally spoke again. "Even if I were to move on, I'd have to wait until Isabella and Harold are married. I need to see her happy. I need to know she's safe."
"Only then can I find peace. Only then can I start over."
"As long as she remains unmarried, I can't let it go."
He knew his chances were essentially zero, but until he saw her walk down the aisle, he couldn't completely kill that tiny spark of hope.
So she had accepted Harold as her boyfriend. So what?
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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...