After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 568

“Natalie, you have to get Jordan to talk to Jackson. You can’t just let that woman into the house. I overheard my mom and aunt talking about her. She has a son, and you know she’s going to fight Jordan for the inheritance.”

“That woman isn’t anything like Isabella’s mom. Cynthia is soft, and she and Jackson never had kids. She would never fight for anything.”

Sophia lowered her voice, almost talking to herself. “If I’d known things would turn out like this, I’d have rather let Cynthia stay. She minded her own business, never argued or tried to take anything. The Lane family would have always belonged to you and Jordan.”

Natalie let out a long sigh.

Now, she couldn’t help but feel some regret. She wished she’d been kinder to Cynthia. The moment Jackson’s affair came to light, Cynthia filed for divorce, not even looking back. She didn’t care about the family at all.

If Natalie had treated her better, maybe Cynthia would have been more attached to the family. Maybe she would have put up a fight against Deborah, instead of leaving right away.

She never imagined Jackson would cheat, let alone that he’d started ten years ago and even had a ten-year-old son.

On the surface, Cynthia and Jackson had always looked so in love. Natalie used to think Jackson was loyal, but clearly, there’s no such thing as a cat that doesn’t steal fish.

“Sophia, stay for lunch. I’ll have the kitchen make some of your favorite dishes,” Natalie said with a gentle smile, steering the conversation away from Cynthia.

She didn’t want to think about her regrets, not now. Besides, she couldn’t be nice to Cynthia, even if she wanted to. She and Isabella were on opposite sides, and her resentment toward Isabella made it impossible to be kind to her mother.

Sophia didn’t hesitate and agreed to stay for lunch at the Lane house.

The day slipped by quickly.

Before long, the sun was sinking into the sea, and another day was almost over.

“When don’t I have a dinner meeting? I wish I could go a week without one.” Douglas finished signing some paperwork, closed the folder, put down his pen, and stretched his arms. “I’m beat. This job is nonstop pressure. Every morning, all I think about is how to keep The White Group moving forward.”

“The economy’s tough right now. Our last two quarterly reports look awful. We’re losing a lot.”

When times are bad, the bigger your company, the bigger your losses. But they had to keep going.

Luckily, The White Group was still strong financially. Even with the bad numbers lately, their new projects had real potential. As soon as the returns came in, the reports for the second half of the year would look much better.

Right now, everyone was just holding on.

Even The Adams Group, the biggest conglomerate in the city, was facing losses.