“You’re getting more and more out of hand. If I don’t rein you in now, who knows what kind of trouble you’ll cause next.”
“Mom, I’m not. Her coffee just tastes awful, that’s all.”
“Ethan’s siding with her now. Of course he’s going to take her part.”
Sophia wouldn’t admit she was picking a fight, and she refused to leave with her mother. She kept glancing at Ethan, worried about him.
“Ethan, let’s just go, okay? I don’t need her to apologize. Let’s get out of here.”
If they had to leave, Sophia wanted Ethan to come too. That way, even if he ended up embarrassed, only she and her mom would see it. He wouldn’t have to face everyone else. Plus, she’d already told Natalie to tip off the reporters to come and catch Isabella making a scene. But now, Ethan was the one who’d had the coffee, not Isabella. Sophia needed to get Ethan out of there first, then call Natalie and tell the reporters to leave.
She reached for Ethan’s arm, but he pulled away.
“Mom, take Sophia home. She really needs to be taught a lesson. You can’t keep letting her stir up trouble like this.”
Jennifer nodded. “You should go home too, Ethan. Your face is still bruised. Don’t worry about work. Just rest for a few days.”
She turned to Isabella. “Isabella, Sophia was wrong today. I apologize for her. Whatever Sophia spent here, Ethan will pay you ten times as compensation.”
Without waiting for an answer, Jennifer grabbed Sophia and marched her out of the café.
Isabella accepted the money.
“Isabella, I’m sorry,” Ethan said again. “It’s my fault for how I treated you before. That’s why Sophia keeps targeting you. If I’d looked out for you from the start, nobody would have dared treat you like this.”
He hadn’t protected her, hadn’t spoken up for her, hadn’t given her his trust. That’s why his family never really accepted her, and even now, with the divorce looming, nothing had changed.
No wonder Isabella’s heart had turned cold. She had every reason to want to move on.
“Ethan, what’s done is done. I don’t want to talk about the past anymore. All we have to do now is wait for the cooling-off period to end and get our divorce papers.”

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The readers' comments on the novel: After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan)
Author, please get your characters names right. You always messing them up!...
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...