After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 741
He wasn’t in any rush to let Deborah take over as housekeeper. She’d just moved in, didn’t know the ropes, and nobody respected her yet. So, he went along with Natalie’s suggestion.
“If you really think managing the house won’t mess with your plans to have a baby, then keep running things. Deborah’s new here, she still needs time to get the hang of it.”
Deborah grinned. “That’s true, I have no idea what I’m doing. It’s better if Natalie keeps things under control. I’m happy to relax. Jackson, I can tag along with you to your business dinners and make sure you eat well every day.”
She shot him a sweet look. “I’ll take care of you, just like a good wife should.”
In her mind, she added, I’ll cook for him every day until he’s got high blood pressure and cholesterol.
Jackson met her gaze, his eyes softening with amusement.
Jordan couldn’t take it anymore. He stood up, his face blank. “Dad, I’m heading to work.”
“Alright, go. Be home for dinner. We should have a family meal. Kevin hasn’t even met Natalie yet.”
Jackson turned to Natalie. “Natalie, get a room ready for Kevin. Make sure it’s got good sunlight. He’s still studying, and bad lighting isn’t good for his schoolwork.”
Natalie bit back her anger and forced a calm, “Okay.”
She followed Jordan outside.
Once they’d left the main house and reached the open parking lot, far from curious ears, Jordan slammed his fist onto his car.
Natalie jumped in to stop him. “Hey, that’s your car. Why are you taking it out on your own stuff? Breaking your car isn’t going to fix anything. You can’t do anything about your dad, so what’s the point?”
She lowered her voice. “Hasn’t Mandy done anything useful yet? We didn’t bring her here just to let her sit around and enjoy herself.”
Of course, that was just to trick her.
Mandy envied Deborah for landing a rich man and wanted a taste of that life for herself. Plus, she was totally into Jordan. If he sweet-talked her a little, she’d probably help him go after Deborah.
Natalie’s voice softened. “Don’t be so upset. She’s already in the house, there’s nothing we can do about it now. You should focus on the company. Take your time, get control, and try to get your hands on those shares.”
“Deborah’s got big ambitions. She wants the Lane family’s money. Your dad is on her side now. All it takes is a little sweet talk, a few nights together, and he might hand over shares of The Lane Group to her and her son. What would you be left with?”
“Everything in the Lane family should be yours. Why should that illegitimate kid get anything?”
“If we’d known it’d turn out like this, we should’ve treated Isabella’s mom better and let her go head-to-head with Deborah. Deborah wouldn’t have made it into the house so quickly.”
Natalie shook her head, regret written all over her face.
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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...