After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 851

“Of course. I trust our chef completely. Everything she makes is amazing, honestly.”

Laura grinned. “That’s what I told her too, but she still wanted your opinion. Now she can relax.”

The chef had come highly recommended by Harold, who made his intentions pretty obvious. Everyone could see that Harold was openly chasing Isabella these days. Even though Laura ran the shop most of the time, the chef always saw Isabella as the real boss.

“It’s already afternoon and you’re still drinking coffee? Aren’t you worried you won’t sleep tonight?”

Isabella smiled. “You brought it for me, so of course I’m going to drink it. Besides, I’ve gotten used to this. It doesn’t matter if it’s afternoon, or even if I have coffee at night, I can still sleep like a rock.”

“That’s just because I’m so tired. The second I hit the bed, I’m out.”

“There was a time when I’d toss and turn or maybe dream a little, but now I just crash. Not even a single dream.”

Laura laughed. “I could never do that. I’d be up all night if I drank coffee this late. And when I can’t sleep, I end up writing until the sun comes up.”

“But writing for hours just wrecks my neck. It always hurts. It’s just something that comes with our job, I guess.”

Most writers know that pain all too well.

“You shouldn’t push yourself so hard,” Isabella said. “When you finish the novel you’re serializing, take a real break. Don’t rush into a new book. You’ve been writing for years, no breaks, not even on holidays. You’re working right through New Year’s Eve and into the next morning. It never stops.”

“We don’t really need the royalties anymore. Take a proper rest. Give your brain some time off.”

Laura nodded. “Honestly, writing’s just going to be a hobby for me from now on. I’ll write if I feel like it. Running our business is enough, and the money we make from that is way more than my royalties ever were.”

“That’s what I thought too. She might even target us directly. If we get a hit drama, she could have her writers copy it, just to mess with us.”

“Stealing our audience.”

Sometimes, the copycat shows get even more popular than the originals. It’s enough to drive the real creators crazy.

“We have a legal team. If she dares to plagiarize us, we’ll take her to court and make her pay for it,” Laura said, shaking her head. “That woman is honestly the worst.”

Isabella was already divorced from Ethan, but Natalie still had it out for her.

Some people are just bad. You can’t expect them to change.