After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 164
"Harold, I've noticed you really care about Isabella. You don't have feelings for her, do you?"
Harold shook his head right away. "No way. Why would I like Isabella? She's Ethan's wife, and Ethan’s my friend. If I liked her, that’d be like trying to steal my friend’s wife. I would never do something like that."
Barbara wasn't buying it. "You’re lying. You’re nervous, I can tell. Ethan’s your friend. Shouldn’t you be worried about him, not Isabella?" She let out a small laugh. "Harold, I’m not a kid. I can see what’s going on."
"Barbara, seriously, it’s not what you think. I don’t like Isabella. I just think she’s innocent, that’s all. That’s why I look out for her."
"There are plenty of innocent people out there. Why aren’t you worried about anyone else?" Barbara’s skepticism was obvious. She wasn’t stupid. The moment Harold asked her to call Isabella, she knew something was up.
"It’s late. You should get some sleep. I’m going to bed, too." Harold got up and headed upstairs. He and Barbara had come home before Samantha arrived. He’d wanted to avoid his mom and get Barbara to help him find out what happened with Ethan and Isabella.
When Harold reached the stairs, he paused and looked back at Barbara. "By the way, what are you and Isabella working on? She mentioned signing a contract with you tomorrow."
"She’s investing in a TV series. She talked about it like it’s got a lot of potential, so I decided to throw in some money for a twenty percent share. Who knows, maybe I’ll get lucky and make a profit."
"Could I invest, too?"
"You can invest in my business," Barbara replied.
"Ethan, you and Isabella are married. You live together. If she’s changed, you’d know, right? Have you noticed anything different about her?"
Ethan’s face darkened. Isabella was different. She didn’t seem to love him anymore. She cared more about money now.
"You should look into it. Don’t let anyone play you," Jordan said.
Ethan was silent for a moment. Then he said, "Don’t bother wasting time. I’ll get a strand of Isabella’s hair. Have Natalie get one from Cynthia. Then we can run a DNA test on them."
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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...