Isabella drove through the gates of the sprawling Carter Estate. Harold usually lived in his own private residence—which was in the same upscale neighborhood as Isabella's—but he had stayed at the family estate the night before to prepare for her arrival.
As the car rolled past the gates, Harold and Barbara followed on foot, signaling the staff to close the heavy iron doors behind them.
"My uncles and aunts will be arriving soon," Barbara mentioned casually.
The primary reason for today's lunch was so Salome, their grandmother, could finally meet Isabella. When Samantha's family first heard that Harold had fallen for Isabella, their immediate reaction had been to object. They had tried talking Samantha out of it countless times.
But Samantha had already met Isabella and genuinely liked her. More importantly, her son had made it crystal clear that he was deeply in love and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. Harold was in his early thirties, and it was rare for him to find someone he actually wanted to marry. If she forced them apart, she might end up with a miserable, regret-filled son, just like Stephanie Adams had with Ethan.
It was Harold's life and Harold's future. As long as he was happy, why should she, as his future mother-in-law, interfere? Isabella was ambitious and had already made a name for herself in the business world. Yes, she had been married to Ethan, but they had slept in separate rooms the entire time, and the divorce wasn't her fault. Anyone in her shoes would have left.
So, Samantha had embraced Isabella and grown increasingly fond of her. She even told her own family that if they just met Isabella and spent some time with her, they would approve too.
Since Isabella was making her first official visit as Harold's girlfriend today, Samantha had invited her brothers and their wives over. They wanted a closer look at the woman who had captivated their nephew so completely.
Everyone in Cabinda's high society knew that Ethan was desperately trying to win Isabella back after their divorce. They figured that if Ethan was consumed by regret, Isabella had to be quite extraordinary.


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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...