After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 811

Ethan didn’t say a word.

After a long pause, he finally let out a quiet sigh. “Grandma, if even your advice can’t help me win Isabella back, I’ll let her go. I’ll let her be with Harold.”

He and Harold had been friends for years. Ethan knew exactly what kind of person Harold was. If Isabella chose Harold, she’d probably be happy. That was something Ethan could accept.

“First things first, you need to start distancing yourself from Natalie,” his grandma said. “Cut back on seeing her, talk to her less, and eventually stop altogether. She’s the main reason you and Isabella divorced. If you don’t deal with this, it doesn’t matter what you do. Even if you poured your heart out, Isabella still wouldn’t believe you.”

Ethan nodded. “I know, Grandma. I used to think letting Natalie go would be impossible, but now I barely visit her, and I’ve turned down her invitations so many times. Turns out, saying no and moving on really isn’t as hard as I thought.”

“That’s good to hear.”

“Tomorrow, I’ll take you to apologize to Isabella first thing. You need to say sorry for your attitude tonight. Once you’ve done that, we’ll come right home. No hanging around. Just get it over with and move on with your day.”

“Grandma, can’t we have breakfast with Isabella in the morning?”

“If she doesn’t invite us, don’t even bring it up. I told you not to push her too much. Did you already forget?”

Stephanie poked Ethan in the head a couple of times, clearly frustrated.

“You’re letting your desperation get the better of you.”

Ethan just smiled awkwardly, too embarrassed to say anything back.

Hopefully, he’d learn from all this. If he ever married again, he’d know how to treat his wife right.

No more making the mistake of protecting someone else while hurting the person he was supposed to love.

Ethan was quiet again.

Stephanie went on, “Besides what I already said, if you want to send Isabella flowers, go ahead. And if she ever needs help, you help her, no conditions, no strings attached. Don’t help her and then expect her to treat you to dinner or pay you back.”

Ethan nodded. “I understand, Grandma. If she runs into trouble and I hear about it, I’ll go help her right away. Like the other night, when someone broke into her house. I hired bodyguards to watch over her, just in case. She got targeted because of me, so it’s only right that I keep her safe.”