After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 270
Jordan finally realized Cynthia was still in the room. He put a gentle hand on Natalie’s arm and spoke softly, “Natalie, you really need to rest right now. Let me help you upstairs.”
Cynthia watched them as they went.
When they reached their bedroom, Natalie turned around and grabbed Jordan’s hand. Instead of letting him lead, she pulled him over and sat down on the couch, tugging him down beside her. “Jordan, I’m still bleeding,” she admitted quietly. “The medicine isn’t helping at all.”
She looked away for a second, her voice trembling. “I don’t think this baby is going to make it.” Sitting close to him, she let out a shaky breath. “We waited so long for this, and now... I’m just so heartbroken. I’ve cried so many times when no one was around.”
Jordan wrapped an arm around her, trying his best to comfort her. “Natalie, let’s get some more opinions. We can check out other hospitals. Maybe the equipment at Central Hospital just isn’t good enough.”
Natalie shook her head. “Jordan, that’s the best hospital in the city. Their equipment is top-of-the-line. It’s not about that.”
She drew in a slow breath. “There’s no heartbeat, no sign of growth. The embryo just stopped developing. No matter how much we want to hold on, it won’t change anything. In the end, I’ll still have to let go.”
“I’m going to check again in a few days. If there’s still nothing, I’ll have to go through with the procedure.” She spoke with a calmness that Jordan didn’t have.
He looked completely shattered. “How could this happen? We’re both healthy. Our baby...” He broke off, unable to finish. The thought of losing the child they’d waited so long for was just too much.
“Do you think it’s because of stress?” Jordan asked suddenly. “Did Isabella upset you and make things worse?”
“We can’t use Isabella as a scapegoat anymore. Ethan already knows the baby isn’t going to make it and that you need the procedure. If you try to blame her now, he won’t side with you. He’ll just defend her.”
Natalie bit her lip. “Jordan, do you think Ethan knows I was setting Isabella up with that whole BBQ ribs thing?”
He thought about it for a moment. “I don’t think so, but honestly, I don’t know what’s going on with him anymore. He’s been changing, bit by bit, ever since he married Isabella.”
“I wanted to land that big contract with his company,” Jordan continued. “It would’ve been huge for us, but Ethan went with the Mason Group instead. He said our finances weren’t strong enough.”
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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...