After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 642

“Natalie only tries to hurt me because of you.”

“Ethan, that’s exactly why I insisted on divorcing you. It’s not just about you not loving me anymore. I’ve moved on. More importantly, as long as I’m your wife, Natalie will never let me have a moment of peace.”

“In that dream, do you remember who sent those men to kidnap me, to assault me, to ruin my face, and leave me to die in agony? Did you ever think for a second it might have been Natalie?”

“I always suspected it was her.”

“Now that I think about it, Sophia might have had a hand in it too. Maybe they worked together to get rid of me. In the dream, Sophia was always on Natalie’s side. She wanted me gone just as much.”

Isabella had always suspected Natalie. The only reason Natalie hadn’t gotten the chance to hurt her again was because, after coming back, Isabella had kept her distance. She had no real evidence, nothing to prove it was Natalie. All she could do was stay away from her and leave Ethan behind. Maybe that was the only way to change her fate.

After what happened with the drugs, Isabella started to realize Sophia might be involved, too. Sophia never liked her. In her last life, their relationship had always been bad.

“Sophia can be impulsive, but she’d never have the nerve to actually kill someone.”

Ethan spoke up for Sophia.

Isabella let out a cold laugh. “Ethan, you know exactly what Sophia’s like. There’s nothing she wouldn’t do. If she’s unhappy, she’ll go to any lengths.”

Ethan tried to say something but nothing came out. He remembered everything from the dream. After Isabella died, he tried to find the truth. His grandmother had her suspicions about Sophia, but his mother always defended her. Ethan himself used to think Sophia was just a little reckless, not actually bad. He couldn’t believe she’d ever really hurt someone.

But after today, he realized he didn’t have it in him to defend Sophia anymore.

“I’m tired, Ethan. Go home. Handle this however you want. I’m not in a position to stop you or make choices for you, but I’m not letting it go. I’m going to see it through.”

No matter what happened, she wouldn’t back down.

“Ethan, you’re overthinking it. I just need to lock the door after you leave.”

Ethan froze, caught off guard.

“So I was just fooling myself.”

She’d told him before, she didn’t want him anymore. She didn’t love him. The girl who once gave him everything was finally gone for good.

As soon as Ethan stepped out, Isabella closed and locked the door behind him. She didn’t even glance his way as she headed back to the main house.

Ethan stood outside, watching her walk away, her figure getting smaller in the distance. He wanted so badly to call her name, to stay, to not let her go—but all he could do was watch her disappear.