After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 217
At dinner, all four men had a few drinks. Ethan didn’t hold back since he had a driver waiting for him. Mr. Byron and Mr. Baker said they’d call a car service. Jesse, on the other hand, didn’t bring his driver and wasn’t planning to call for a ride either. He was hoping Laura would offer to take him home.
Laura caught on to what he wanted. She hesitated for a moment, then decided to give him a ride.
The two executives left first, leaving Laura and Jesse to head out together.
Watching Jesse walk off with the girl he liked, Ethan glanced at Isabella. She didn’t give him a second look, just headed straight for her car, unlocked it, and got in. Before she could close the door, Ethan stepped in the way, blocking it with his solid frame.
“What’s up?” Isabella asked, a little confused.
“I’ve been drinking,” Ethan said, looking right at her.
“I know. I saw you. You don’t seem drunk though. You just got over that cold, so you should probably take it easy on the alcohol. Wouldn’t want you to relapse and end up needing more medicine.”
Ethan pressed his lips together before answering. “I drank, so I can’t drive.”
She raised her eyebrows. “You don’t drive even when you haven’t had anything to drink. Don’t you have a driver?”
Ethan was at a loss for words. He realized he’d miscalculated. He should’ve told his driver to head home earlier. If he did it now, it’d be too obvious. His pride only let him stoop so low.
Isabella broke the silence. “You probably still have some work to get done before you can go home, right? Thanks for coming with me to meet the clients tonight. If you ever want me to go with you to an event, just ask.”
Ethan did have more work to handle. He sighed quietly, but kept his tone caring. “Drive safe. Don’t go too fast. Remember, you’re driving a car, not a plane.”
Once they were on the road, Ethan spoke up. “From now on, if we run into Isabella when we’re out, you can just drop me off and go home. No need to wait around for me.”
“You won’t need the car, sir?”
Ethan paused for a second. “You think Isabella would let me walk home?”
The driver finally got it. “Oh, you want Isabella to give you a ride! Why didn’t you just say so? If I’d known, I would’ve left a long time ago. Or at least popped a tire or something.”
Ethan just stayed quiet.
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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...