Jordan grinned. “The three of us grew up together. We have a bond nobody else could possibly get. I trust my wife. She’d never betray me.”
Malvina laughed too. “You and Natalie are seriously couple goals. I’ll send you my location. Come take me out for dinner.”
“Sure,” Jordan said without hesitation.
Malvina sent the address right away. Jordan didn’t even bother taking his suitcase upstairs. He just grabbed his keys and left, driving himself. None of the staff asked any questions. They knew better.
***
Meanwhile, at the hospital, Ethan had been brought in and treated. He slept for hours, only waking up in the evening.
When he opened his eyes and saw Natalie sitting by his bed, he felt his heart sink a little.
He remembered everything from before he blacked out. Isabella had brought him to the hospital. His mom and Sophia showed up later. So why was Natalie the one waiting for him when he woke up?
“Ethan, you’re awake!” Natalie sounded relieved, her face full of genuine concern. “How are you feeling? Do you want some water? Are you hungry?”
Ethan’s voice was flat. “Where’s Isabella?”
Natalie hesitated for a second, then said, “She said she had something to take care of, so she left. Your mom and Sophia went out to get dinner. They’ll come back and switch with me after they eat.”
The thought of Isabella just dropping him off and leaving stung more than he expected.
It all made sense now. There had been something wrong with that coffee.
Ethan’s voice was icy. “I’m going to find out the truth. I’m not accusing her for no reason. Isabella’s café has security cameras everywhere. If Sophia did it, it’ll be on the footage.”
“Seriously, there are cameras everywhere now. Did she really think she’d get away with it?”
“And she kept pushing Isabella to drink that coffee. I ended up drinking it, and look what happened. Anyone could figure out who did it. Sophia was being reckless.”
This was a coffee shop, not some dark bar where things could get covered up. It would be easy to check what happened.
He just hoped Isabella wouldn’t take it to the police. If she did, Sophia was in real trouble this time.
“How could Sophia do something like this?” Natalie said quietly. “Even if she doesn’t like Isabella, going this far is just too much.”

Comments
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...