"You've got a good eye this time. You aren't being foolishly blinded by love."
Isabella smiled. "I've already been divorced once. How could I still be blinded by love?"
"If Harold wasn't so incredible, and if I didn't want to miss out on him, I wouldn't even think about getting married again."
Cynthia said, "If you meet a good man, you should marry him. You don't have any siblings, and I'm getting older. After I'm gone, you'll be all alone. Pardon me for saying this, but if you get sick, you won't even have someone to pour you a glass of water."
"A young couple grows old together. Marriage is about having a companion in your later years. No matter how dutiful children are, they can't replace a partner. Besides, your children will have their own families and won't have the time to constantly keep you company."
Isabella laughed. "Mom, have you ever considered finding someone else? You're still young."
Cynthia brushed the idea off. "I'm not considering it. I only remarried back then to find a safety net, someone to help me raise you."
"Having you is enough for me. Harold is a good man, and the two of you will take care of me in the future. I can already see a happy retirement ahead, so why remarry? You're different from me. You're still young."
Ring, ring, ring...
Cynthia's phone started ringing, interrupting their heart-to-heart.
She reached into her bag, pulled out her phone, and saw an unknown number flashing on the screen.
"It's a stranger's number. I wonder who it is."
"It's either a telemarketer, a scammer, or my father's relatives," Isabella remarked.
Cynthia declined the call.
"I'm not answering."
But the caller immediately dialed again.
It rang three times in a row.
"It's a hundred percent my grandfather and his people," Isabella said.

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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...