Harold led Isabella along the winding stone paths of the gardens. As they strolled, a tiny, pure white puppy suddenly came bounding across the grass toward them.
Isabella instinctively stopped to watch it. The puppy skidded to a halt at Harold's feet, immediately pawing at his pant leg and whining to be picked up.
Chuckling, Harold bent down and scooped the little furball into his arms. "This is Whitey," he told Isabella. "He's from the litter my aunt Martha's dog just had. Cute, right?"
"He's adorable." Isabella reached out to pet him, but the puppy playfully batted a paw at her hand. Startled, she quickly pulled back.
Harold lightly tapped the puppy's head. "Hey now, Whitey. This is my girlfriend. No bullying." He stroked the dog's ears a few times to calm him down, then gestured for Isabella to try again. "He understands. Go ahead, he won't swat at you this time."
She reached out tentatively, and sure enough, the little guy was perfectly docile, leaning into her touch as she scratched behind his ears.
Just then, two more dogs came sprinting over—one large and one small. They immediately crowded around Harold's ankles, affectionately nudging his legs.
"And here's his mother and brother," Harold said, setting Whitey down to greet the mother dog. "They're all pure white. Martha named the mom Cotton, and Whitey's brother is Cloud. Just a bunch of little snowballs."
"They're gorgeous," Isabella smiled. She didn't know much about dog breeds, having rarely kept pets, but it was obvious Martha Carter's dogs were top-tier.

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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...