As soon as they stepped out of the office, Harold said, “Come on, ride with me.”
“It doesn’t really matter,” Isabella replied, though she still climbed into his car. They headed to a little restaurant near the office for lunch.
While they were eating, Isabella looked up and asked, “Nadine confessed to you pretty early on, didn’t she?”
Harold nodded. “Yeah, she did, but I turned her down every time. Isabella, you’re the only one I like. If I was interested in anyone else, I wouldn’t still be single after all this time.”
Isabella was quiet for a moment before she said, “There are plenty of good women out there, you know.”
“They might be great, but they’re not you. I only want you. Maybe I’ve stayed single all this time just waiting for you to show up in my life.”
He picked up some food with the serving chopsticks and placed it gently on her plate. “You don’t want to talk about relationships right now, so we won’t. Let’s just be friends, help each other out, and if you ever need anything, just tell me. Seriously, no hesitation.”
Isabella let out a small smile. “I’m not really having any problems right now.”
Whenever she did have a problem, she’d barely started figuring it out before Ethan had already stepped in and solved it for her.
Thinking about Ethan made her smile fade. He was acting just like he had when he first started chasing her. Maybe even more so now. But she just couldn’t bring herself to trust him anymore.
She didn’t really believe he could let go of all those years he’d spent loving Natalie, either.
She pushed the thought away. Whatever. It’s not worth overthinking. Whatever happens, happens.
Harold spoke up. “So, are you going to return the car to Ethan once it’s fixed?”
She could tell he hoped she would.
“I called him. He said he never takes back anything he gives away. If I really don’t want it, I should just have it scrapped, because he isn’t going to take it back.”
“He’s always like that. He does whatever he wants, never really cares whether I like it or not.”


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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...