After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 258
“What did Cynthia buy that cost you so much?” Deborah asked as she leaned in a little closer.
Jackson shrugged. “She took her daughter out shopping. Bought a bunch of stuff. It was a little much this time, but it’s not like she does this every day. I’ll let her have her fun. At most, she’ll spend a couple hundred thousand.”
Deborah shot him a playful look. “The villa you bought me cost tens of millions. Don’t get worked up over what she spends.” She poked his nose, grinning.
Deborah used to be his secretary. She’d worked beside him for years. He knew her inside out. Back in the day, Cynthia was definitely prettier, but Deborah had youth on her side. Cynthia was pushing fifty now, and no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn’t compete with someone younger.
Jackson never planned to cheat. He cared about both his wives, though he always kept his guard up with Cynthia. She wasn’t his first wife, and there were always little issues that came with a blended family. As he got older, he watched all his CEO friends keep mistresses and have secret kids, and he started to feel like just having one son wasn’t enough. Especially since he wasn’t all that impressed with Jordan.
One night, after too many drinks, he ended up sleeping with Deborah. The next morning, he told her the truth. He wouldn’t marry her, but he’d take care of her. If she got pregnant, he’d make sure she was set for life.
Deborah had been crushing on him for ages. She agreed to be his mistress, happy just to be with him. When she got pregnant, Jackson set her up to fail at work and chewed her out in front of everyone. She stormed out and quit on the spot, leaving The Lane Group behind for good.
“I’m not jealous of her,” Deborah said, her eyes soft. “I have you and Kevin, that’s enough for me. The stuff you’ve given her doesn’t even add up to my villa.”
“I don’t care what she does. I have Kevin. She doesn’t have a kid with you. I really don’t envy her.”
Jackson smiled, satisfied. Cynthia had always done her duty. Twenty years of marriage, running the house, taking care of Jordan, making sure he never had to worry about anything at home. She never wasted money either. That was what Jackson appreciated most about her.
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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...