She started it, trying to harm others, and got a taste of her own medicine. Who was to blame? Themselves! It was self-defense.
Deborah didn't think she and her sister had done anything wrong.
Tonight, Natalie had intentionally picked a fight.
Jordan was momentarily speechless. After a long beat, he finally said, "I didn't know Natalie was pregnant. She just mentioned feeling a bit unwell lately—poor appetite, feeling a little nauseous. She thought it was a stomach bug."
"This isn't her first pregnancy. If she was having symptoms, how could she not know what was going on?"
Deborah muttered under her breath.
Jordan glared at her with venom in his eyes.
She curled her lip and looked away, but her mind was swarming with suspicions.
She remembered Natalie's first pregnancy, which had ended in an abortion due to poor embryonic development. But right before the procedure, she had inexplicably craved Isabella's Honey-Glazed Ribs. She had even called Ethan, using him to pressure Isabella into returning to the Lane Estate to wait on her.
She had stubbornly insisted on eating Isabella's Honey-Glazed Ribs, refusing it if anyone else made it.
When Deborah heard Jackson complain about it, she knew Natalie was up to something. At the time, her own identity hadn't been exposed yet; she was still just a hidden mistress. She had kept her mouth shut and watched the drama unfold.
Ultimately, Isabella had refused to return to the Lane family to cook for Natalie.
Not only did Isabella refuse, but even the former Mrs. Lane, Cynthia, had kept her distance. Natalie later went to the hospital for the procedure, only telling her father-in-law afterward that the doctor said the embryo wasn't viable.
Jackson had been devastated back then. He had wanted to be a grandfather for a long time, and the news of his daughter-in-law's pregnancy had brought him immense joy.
But the embryo hadn't developed, and they had to terminate it.
Deborah, however, suspected that Natalie had known about the unviable embryo all along and knew she would lose it sooner or later. Asking Isabella to come back and cook for her was likely a setup to pin the miscarriage on Isabella.
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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...