“Natalie.”
She stopped in her tracks. Someone was blocking her way.
It was one of York’s bodyguards.
Natalie’s heart skipped. Her eyes flickered with panic, but she forced herself to keep calm. “What do you want?”
“Natalie, York would like to see you. He’d like to have a chat.”
His words sounded polite, but his eyes were cold enough to freeze her in place. There was no mistaking it. This wasn’t a request.
She managed a weak smile. “I don’t even know York. There’s nothing to talk about.”
The bodyguard’s voice dropped. “Once you go, you’ll get to know him. York doesn’t have a lot of patience. It’s best not to keep him waiting. If you do, well… there’s no telling what might happen.”
Natalie’s face tightened. She wanted to say no, to push back, but in the end, she just lowered her gaze. “Where is he?”
The bodyguard motioned for her to follow.
With no other choice, Natalie trailed behind him out of the crowded banquet hall and toward the elevators.
She stopped short at the elevator doors, her guard up. “Where are you taking me?”
“York is waiting on the top floor.”
“He said this place is too public. Too easy for people to overhear. For your reputation, he thought it’d be better to talk upstairs. Don’t worry, Natalie. No one will notice once you’re in the elevator.”
He pressed the button and gestured for her to go in.
York was sitting on the living room sofa, smoking.
Natalie hated the smell of cigarettes. She always had. But she didn’t dare say a word about it to York.
He wasn’t like Jordan or Ethan. They knew she couldn’t stand the smell, so they never smoked around her. If they ever did, they’d pop a piece of gum afterward, just to be considerate.
“You’re here.”
York looked up at her, then nodded toward an envelope on the table. “That’s for you. Take it home and look at it. I was going to give it to you downstairs, but there were too many people—and your husband was there. I figured you wouldn’t want him seeing this, so I asked you to come up.”
Natalie’s face went pale. She stumbled over her words. “Wh-what is it?”
York’s voice was cool, almost bored. “Pick it up and see for yourself.”

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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...