After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 867

He never told her how he felt, so she just played dumb and pretended she didn’t know. Marrying Jordan, if she was honest, had a little bit to do with wanting to get back at Ethan.

Now look at her. Jordan had cheated and thrown everything away, and Ethan didn’t want her, either.

“Natalie, don’t say things you’ll regret later. I get it, what Jordan did really hurt you, but this isn’t the time to lose control. You need to calm down and figure out what you actually want to do about your marriage.”

“Are you thinking about divorce, or do you want to try to work things out? If you want a divorce, how are you going to split everything? If you need help, I can get you the best lawyer and make sure you’re taken care of.”

“But about you asking me to marry you… I can’t do that. It doesn’t matter how I feel about Isabella. All I know is, she’s the only one I want to marry, and she’s the one I want to spend my life with.”

“I don’t even question whether it’s love anymore. I just go with what feels right.”

He was just being honest with himself.

“The past is over. No matter how much we regret it, we can’t turn back time. If I could, I’d do things differently. I never should have used Isabella. I should have treated her with my whole heart.”

“I should have tried to build a good life with her. I wouldn’t have been such an idiot, treating you better than my own wife. My grandma was right when she yelled at me. I ignored my own wife and looked after someone else’s.”

“I was the one who pushed my wife toward Harold. I can’t blame Harold for wanting to take her from me.”

“Natalie, stop grabbing me. Jordan cheating is on him. Don’t make the same mistake. If Jordan saw how you just acted, wouldn’t he think you were the one cheating?”

That made Natalie think of what Jordan had said to his secretary.

He claimed that after he got drunk that night, she went out in the middle of the night to find Ethan.

How did Jordan know?

Did he know she had actually tried to throw herself at Ethan that night?

Ethan walked over and unlocked the office door.

He cracked it open and saw his cousin still standing there. He must have been listening at the door. When Ethan opened it, Jeremy looked a little embarrassed and managed a weak smile.

Ethan just opened the door all the way. “Come in and sit down,” he said. “Natalie’s having a hard time. Maybe you can help her.”

Jeremy’s eyes went wide. He pointed at himself. “Me? Help her?”

He glanced at Natalie, who was still crying and tearing through tissues, clearly not over it.

Then he looked at Ethan, who didn’t look even a little bit upset anymore. Seeing that, Jeremy actually felt relieved. Ethan had finally snapped out of it. Natalie couldn’t play him anymore.

“Ethan,” Jeremy said quietly, “Natalie’s not my girlfriend. Be careful, okay? I mean, I’m single, but if people start talking, it could mess up my chances to get married someday.”