After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 858

Laura couldn’t help laughing. “Mom, Jesse and I aren’t rushing into anything, so why are you the one stressing out?”

Her mom sighed. “You’re practically thirty. Still single. How can I not worry? Every time we see relatives, they ask me when you’ll finally send out wedding invitations.”

Laura rolled her eyes. “They just love to gossip. Their own kids aren’t married either, so why do they care about me? Whether I get married or not doesn’t put food on their table.”

Honestly, a lot of young people these days weren’t in a hurry to get married, and plenty of families had grown kids who were still single. Laura, in her late twenties, was actually on the younger side. Some of her cousins were already in their thirties and nowhere close to tying the knot.

“Don’t go following your cousins’ example,” her mom warned. “Sure, they look like they’re having fun now, but they’ll regret it later. They just haven’t met someone as good as Jesse.”

“Jesse is such a catch, even your cousins say he’s worth marrying. I think it’s not that they don’t want to get married, they’re just holding out for someone like him,” her mom added, sounding a little worried that the family might try to swoop in and steal Laura’s chance at happiness.

Laura smiled. “Mom, Jesse and I are dating. When it feels right, we’ll get married. You don’t have to worry about someone else stealing him away.”

For Laura, their relationship felt real now. She didn’t need to hear him say ‘I love you’ every day. Things with Jesse just happened naturally, like they were always meant to be.

“If he could be taken away by someone else, that just means he never truly loved me. Better to find out before getting married than after.”

Isabella jumped in. “Don’t worry, Laura. The Mason family is solid. Jesse’s not the type to just walk away.”

Evelyn shook her head. “Don’t jinx it. Jesse’s not going anywhere.”

“You deserve to marry well, live your best life, and let Ethan see what he missed.”

Isabella just smiled. “It’s been so long since you’ve been shopping, hasn’t it? When we get back to the store, I’ll watch the shop and Laura can take you out to buy something nice.”

Evelyn waved her off. “I don’t need anything. Jesse’s always sending things over, sometimes himself, sometimes through Janetta.”

“I actually went shopping with Janetta just two days ago. We were in a different part of town, so we didn’t drop by your store.”

Laura and Isabella just looked at each other, speechless.