After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 84
"And that’s exactly it," Isabella shot back. "You told me not to expect your love. If I can’t hope for it, why should I bother loving you? Loving you just means setting myself up for heartbreak."
"Ethan, I listened. Everything you said to me on our wedding night, I remember it all, and I’ve been working on myself. So relax, I won’t love you. Not now, not ever. I want to live my life, not suffer, not end up miserable just because I care about you."
Ethan had nothing to say.
Seeing him so quiet, Isabella couldn’t help herself. "What’s wrong? Upset that I don’t love you anymore? Feeling abandoned?"
After a long silence, Ethan finally managed to say, "Good. That’s for the best."
"Exactly, it’s for the best. So why do you get to call me out for changing? For not loving you or caring about you? Do you even want my love? Do you want me to care?"
Ethan stared at her, unable to answer. He wanted to say no, but the words just stuck in his throat. He couldn’t say anything.
"Don’t be so greedy, Ethan."
"I…" He had nothing left.
"Alfred!" Isabella called out.
The butler hurried in, glancing between the two of them. He could instantly sense the tension and saw Ethan’s stormy face. Had they been fighting? He noticed the cut on Ethan’s lip but decided not to ask.
"Mrs. Lane, how can I help you?" he said politely.
After Isabella left, the butler turned to Ethan. "Sir, should I call the family doctor now? We also have cold medicine here if you’d prefer. Or should I go ask Mrs. Natalie for help right away?" He hesitated, but finally asked, "Sir, what happened to your lip?"
Ethan slumped onto the sofa, muttering, "Got bitten by a dog."
"A dog? But, sir, there’s no dog in the house."
"Isabella Lane is the dog," Ethan snapped, getting more annoyed. "She bit me. Grown woman doesn’t even know how to kiss right. Bit me so hard I thought she was going to rip my lip off. Alfred, buy extra meat today. Isabella clearly needs more protein. Make her a feast so she doesn’t go after my face next time."
The butler could only stand there in shock. He never would have guessed that Isabella was the one who left that mark on Ethan’s lip.
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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...