Isabella’s phone kept buzzing on the table, nonstop, like Natalie was determined to call her into submission. By the fourth call, Isabella finally gave in and picked up, knowing if she ignored it any longer, she’d just get an earful from Jordan later, and probably another fake concern act from Natalie.
“Hello,” Isabella said, her voice flat, not bothering with any pleasantries. She waited for Natalie to launch into whatever she had to say.
“Isabella, where are you right now?” Natalie’s tone was soft, syrupy sweet, just the way she always sounded in front of others. Everyone saw Natalie as gentle and fragile, the kind of woman men instinctively wanted to protect. Isabella sometimes wondered how one person could be such a convincing actress, fooling both Ethan and Jordan so completely.
“I’m at the beach,” Isabella replied, keeping her answer short.
“Ethan is sick, did you know that? And you’re out at the beach? You need to come home and take care of him. He’s running a fever and has a headache. The family doctor just got here.”
“Natalie, I’m still angry. If I go back now, I’ll just be in a bad mood and we’ll end up fighting again. That’s not going to help him get better. The doctor is there, so let him prescribe some medicine for the fever. Ethan probably just caught a chill after drinking too much last night. Give him some meds and he’ll be fine.”
She didn’t wait for Natalie to respond. Isabella just ended the call.

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The readers' comments on the novel: After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan)
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...