After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 863
She always took on the big sister role with the younger ones.
Back before she married Jordan, any time she showed up at the Adams Estate, Ethan’s younger cousins would light up and crowd around her like she was the coolest person in the room.
Jeremy gave her a quick nod.
When he noticed the insulated lunchbox she was carrying, he grinned. “It’s not even lunch yet and you’re already spoiling Ethan with good food, Natalie.”
Natalie set the lunchbox down on Ethan’s desk, her voice gentle. “I stopped by my mom’s place earlier and she’d made some nourishing soup. I thought I’d bring some over for Ethan, you know, just to help him recharge.”
“Ethan, you’ve been working all afternoon. You must be starving. Have some soup to hold you over.”
She turned to Jeremy with a smile. “You should have some too.”
Jeremy shook his head right away. “No, Natalie, it’s for Ethan. I’ll leave it for him. I should get back to work anyway.” He started to stand.
Ethan looked up quickly. “Jeremy, wait. There’s something I still need to talk to you about.”
If Jeremy left, it’d just be him and Natalie alone in the office. If Isabella caught wind of that, she’d jump to conclusions again and trust him even less.
“What is it?” Jeremy asked as he sat back down.
Before Ethan could answer, Natalie stepped in. “How about you both try the soup first? You can talk business after. It’ll get cold if you wait too long.”
Ethan cleared his throat. “Natalie, I actually had a physical not long ago. My uric acid came back a little high. Doctor said I need to cut out alcohol, skip seafood, and stay away from soups. If I have soup, it gets even worse.”
“It was over five hundred at its worst. I’ve been really careful with my diet, so now it’s in the four hundreds, but it’s still not normal. I’ve got to keep watching what I eat.”
Natalie looked deflated. “So you can’t even have a little soup?”
He shook his head. “I really can’t. If I do, my uric acid will spike again. If I don’t control it, I could get gout, or even kidney problems down the line. I’m sorry, Natalie, but I just can’t drink the soup you brought.”
He nudged the lunchbox closer to Jeremy. “Let Jeremy have it. Or maybe take it to Jordan. He’s been working hard too. You should look after him, Natalie.”
Natalie stared at Ethan for a long moment, something shifting in her expression. “You’re lying to me, aren’t you, Ethan? You don’t actually have high uric acid. You just don’t want to drink the soup I brought. Is that it? You’re tired of it.”
She let out a shaky laugh. “You used to be so happy whenever I brought you food or something to drink. Now you’re just making up stories to turn me down.”
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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...