No matter what her reasons were, Ethan couldn’t get her door open.
Every guest room had a spare key, but Susan had gone home for the night and he had no clue where she kept them. He only ever worried about his master suite and the study. All the other guest room keys were Susan’s problem, not his.
So now, with no key, he was stuck in the hallway.
He tried getting Isabella to wake up, calling her name again and again, even giving her a gentle shake. Nothing worked. She was completely out, sleeping so deeply that he wondered if even a thunderstorm could wake her.
With no other options, Ethan scooped her up in his arms again. He carried her to the master bedroom door and paused for just a second before unlocking it and taking her inside.
His room was always his own space, and his bed had never seen anyone else in it. No other woman had ever slept there.
Isabella was the first.
He let out a quiet sigh. Well, she was his wife. Husbands and wives were supposed to share a bed, weren’t they?
When they first got married, he honestly didn’t have any feelings for her. That was why they always slept in separate rooms. But now things had changed. He actually wanted to have a real marriage with her. The problem was, she didn’t seem to want that.
He knew intimacy had to be something both people wanted. Even if he wanted to be a real husband to her now, he would never force her. He just had to find a way to win her heart back, to make her love him the way she used to. After that, everything else would just happen naturally.
Right now, his mind wasn’t on Natalie at all.
Ethan set Isabella gently on the big bed. He knelt down to take off her shoes, making sure she was comfortable, then headed into the bathroom. He found a clean towel, ran it under some water, and came back to carefully wipe her face.
He kept it brief and soft. She was drunk and sound asleep, completely unaware of what he was doing. He wanted her to be awake the next time he kissed her, so she could feel all the emotions he had for her.
“Isabella,” he whispered, his voice barely more than a breath.
“I think I might really like you.”
“Isabella, can we try being a real husband and wife from now on?”
“Please don’t talk about divorce anymore. I don’t want that.”
“Can we spend the rest of our lives together?”

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The readers' comments on the novel: After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan)
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...