Malvina fell silent.
As Jordan's car pulled out of the gated community, it crossed paths with Harold and Isabella's car heading in. Since Jordan had his eyes closed, he completely missed seeing Harold.
But Isabella spotted his car immediately.
Once the two vehicles passed each other, she remarked, "That was Jordan's car leaving just now. I saw him. And the woman driving... she looked exactly like his old secretary."
Hadn't he fired her?
Harold kept his eyes on the road. "He and that secretary were heavily involved. When his wife caught him cheating, he didn't want a divorce, so he put on a show of firing the secretary and banning her from the office. It was all a lie. He's still obsessed with her; there's no way he'd drop her that easily."
When it came to the toxic habits of men, Harold understood it far better than she did.
Isabella pressed her lips together. "A man is only faithful when he's six feet under. He and Natalie were childhood friends, together for over twenty years, and he still cheated after just two years of marriage."
Like father, like son. Jackson had cheated and raised a secret son, and Jordan had followed right in his footsteps.
"Isabella, I'm not like that. I will always be loyal to our family and our marriage."
Harold knew the dark side of men, which was exactly why he immediately needed to clarify his own devotion.
She turned her head to look at him. "We haven't built a family yet, and we aren't married. Nobody can guarantee they'll be faithful forever. It takes a lifetime to prove something like that."
"Harold, if you ever meet someone else who makes your heart race, and we're already married, just come back and tell me the truth. I won't cling to you. I'll sign the divorce papers and let you go."
"You don't need to hide it. The deception is what hurts the most. If you tell me you don't love me anymore and want to leave, it'll hurt, sure, but not nearly as much. What destroys a person is when a man strings a woman along, lying to her, hiding things, and betraying her behind her back."


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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...