After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 654
"Ethan, I never wanted us to be enemies. But for Isabella, I guess we have no choice except to be rivals."
Harold looked right at him. "From now on, don’t hurt Isabella again. I won’t let you, Ethan."
Ethan forced a half-smile. "Hurt her? That’s the last thing I’d ever do. All I want now is to take care of her. But she doesn’t want me in her life anymore."
He thought about this morning, how he’d waited outside her house at sunrise, breakfast in hand, hoping she’d at least talk to him. She wouldn’t even open the door. She’d rather skip breakfast than accept anything from him.
Ethan set his coffee cup down and stood. "Thanks for seeing me, Harold."
Harold walked him to the door.
At the elevator, before the doors slid open, Ethan turned back. "I don’t want us to be enemies either, but I guess that’s where we are now. Our friendship ends here, Harold."
He couldn’t see Harold as a friend anymore, and Harold felt the same. They were rivals now, and when two people love the same woman, all the old friendship just disappears.
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The girl at the front desk was Mandy, the one Jordan and Natalie had brought here. She was Deborah’s youngest cousin, just barely out of college, and still hadn’t found a job. She always envied Deborah—never having to work, always spending money.
When Jordan got Mandy to move to Cabinda, they didn’t let her go straight to Deborah. Instead, they told her to job-hunt, just to use up all her money. Only when she was desperate would they arrange for her to show up at Deborah’s door. That way, Deborah would believe Mandy had nowhere else to go.
After a moment, Mandy stopped shouting. She switched to a softer, more helpless tone. "Please, just let me see Mr. Lane. I really need to talk to him. Could you call him, please? Tell him I’m Mandy, Deborah’s sister, and it’s urgent."
She was supposed to find Deborah once her money ran out, but instead, she decided to go straight to Jackson.
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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...