After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 1123
"Before anyone knew about his illegitimate son, they thought I was the sole heir. They thought The Lane Group was mine by default. That's why they kissed up to me. Now that they know my dad has a spare, and I don't have my mother's backing anymore, none of them will stick their necks out for me."
People were ruthlessly pragmatic.
Rich relatives were the worst of the lot. They simply gravitated toward whoever held the power and the purse strings.
"Nat, as long as you are fully committed to me, I'll never mistreat you. I'll give you everything. But if you're still obsessing over Ethan and sleeping with other men, then we're strictly a business partnership."
"You help me take control of The Lane Group, and I'll make it worth your while. A transaction, nothing more. No feelings involved. Once it's done, we divorce. And don't worry—I'll ensure you walk away with a massive settlement."
"You married me, but you couldn't let him go. The truth is, I was jealous. It ate at me. I hated watching you dote on him, and seeing him treat you so well made me sick with envy."
Jordan knew the truth: Natalie was utterly fixated on Ethan.
Her greed knew no bounds. She had secured Jordan but still wanted Ethan, believing she could play both sides of the board.
But the world didn't work like that.
"Jordan, Ethan and I... there's really nothing going on. He used to love me, but he's already moved on. I... I just wanted us to go back to how things used to be. Weren't the three of us happy?"
"With him around, your dad wouldn't dare touch you. He could be your strongest ally. Jordan, we can't give up on Ethan. We have to pull him back to our side."
Natalie refused to accept defeat.
She had nearly thirty years of history with Ethan. How could she just hand him over to Isabella—especially when Isabella didn't even want him?
The thought of Ethan having eyes only for Isabella drove Natalie into a frenzy of jealousy. She wanted to rip the woman apart.
She had sworn a blood oath: as long as she had breath in her lungs, she would never let Isabella live in peace. She would fight her to the bitter end.
Natalie knew better than anyone what Ethan's devotion felt like.
Once you tasted that kind of absolute loyalty, it was intoxicating.
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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...