Life with the Lane family had never been easy for her. Jordan ignored her most of the time, and when he did pay attention, it was just to make her life harder. She’d thought about leaving so many times, but she’d always stayed for her mother. Now that her mom was finally out of the Lane family too, she could go back to her father’s last name. She could finally be herself.
“Of course I knew,” Harold said, a little smug. “She told me herself. That’s why I brought these flowers, to celebrate her changing her name back.”
Ethan didn’t even look at the bouquet. “I don’t care what she calls herself. She’s still my wife.”
“Seriously? You’re unbelievable,” Harold shot back. “You two are divorced. And you never even liked calling her your wife before.”
Nana hurried over, sensing trouble. “Gentlemen, why don’t you both have a seat over there and wait for Isabella?”
Ethan glared at Harold but walked over and claimed the best seat in the room, like he was staking his territory. Harold just shrugged and picked another chair, looking completely relaxed.
Nana poured them each a cup of tea.
“Thanks,” Harold said with a warm smile.
“You’re welcome, Harold.”
Ethan didn’t want to be outdone, so he muttered a quick thank you too.
But in real life, he hadn’t done all those terrible things. Sure, he’d hurt her before, but he could change. He was determined to fix his mistakes. He was serious about it. And this time, he wanted to spend his life with her and only her.
Harold shook his head. “Regret doesn’t fix anything. You can’t erase what you did just by saying sorry.”
“If you really want Isabella to be happy, Ethan, you should stay away from her. She’ll only find peace if you’re not around.”
Ethan’s voice was steady and stubborn. “I’m not leaving her. Not now. She’s not safe, and I can’t just walk away.”
Even if Isabella didn’t want anything to do with him, he couldn’t let her get hurt. He’d stay close, whether she liked it or not. Winning her back was one thing, but making sure she was safe was non-negotiable. After all, the trouble she was in now was all because of him.

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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...