“We’ve known about you for ages, but we never had the courage to reach out. I listen to your audiobooks every day. Honestly, you’re amazing. It’s like with just your hands, you bring every kind of person to life.”
“You make every character shine, not just the main ones. Even the side characters feel so real. It’s like everyone in your stories has their own journey, their own life.”
Laura stared at Janetta in shock. She had no idea Janetta was a reader. All those compliments made Laura’s cheeks burn.
“Janetta, you’re giving me too much credit. I just love spinning stories. Back when I started, I’d send my stuff to publishers, but I was too young then. My writing was pretty raw, so I never heard anything back.”
“But I couldn’t stop writing. Later, my cousin told me to try posting online. She said she read web novels in her free time, and that’s when I realized there was a whole world out there.”
“So I picked a random site, signed a contract, and started uploading my work. I didn’t even know you could make money from it. I was just happy people were reading and leaving comments. That encouragement meant everything.”
“For the first two years, I made nothing. Not a single cent. I didn’t get how the whole web novel thing worked. I just kept writing, not paying attention to anything else. It took a while, but after I learned the ropes, I finally started earning a little.”
“My stories come from life. Real life is sometimes even crazier than fiction. Main characters, side characters… they’re all people. They deserve their own stories, so I give everyone a little spotlight.”
Janetta grinned. “That’s exactly what I love about your books. You capture everything, all the ups and downs of life.”
“And your determination? It’s inspiring. I really admire how you never gave up. Jesse is a bit like you that way.”
“Laura, did you know Jesse is a total neat freak?”
Janetta suddenly changed the topic. Laura blinked in surprise.
She remembered last night. She’d gotten drunk, and Jesse told her she’d thrown up everywhere the moment she got home. He helped her to bed, and she ended up throwing up on him too.
But when she woke up this morning, the whole place was spotless.
She didn’t have a maid. It was just her in the apartment. Jesse had stayed to look after her.
There was no one else who could have cleaned up her mess.
Making someone with his phobia do that… it must have been absolute torture.

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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...