“If Ethan really dares to go after the Franklin family, I’ll talk to him myself. Sure, he’s fixated on marrying Isabella now, but we grew up together. There’s no way he’d completely forget our history.”
Pansy couldn’t help but scoff at her own wishful thinking. What if he really had moved on? What if the past meant nothing to him now?
She wasn’t about to risk the Franklin family’s entire future on a feeling.
Nadine’s reputation was already in ruins, but after a few months behind bars, she could send her daughter away from Cabinda. Give it some time, let people forget, then maybe come back, find a decent man, and live a quiet life. That was still possible.
But if they ended up on Ethan’s bad side and dragged the whole Franklin family down with them, they’d lose everything.
“Natalie, are you heading home? I can give you a ride,” Pansy said, steering the conversation away from trouble.
“Actually, can you drop me at the Lane Group? I’m going to wait for Jordan to finish work so we can have dinner together.”
Pansy nodded, glancing at Natalie. She hesitated, clearly wanting to say something but holding back.
Natalie caught on right away. “About Jordan, right? We just had a misunderstanding. He wasn’t cheating. I completely misread the situation that night.”
“As long as it’s cleared up, that’s all that matters. I knew it. You and Jordan have been friends since you were kids. You’re so close, there’s no way he’d cheat. Sometimes you need to trust yourself, not let other people twist your view.”
“Husbands and wives need to trust each other. That’s the only way marriage works.”
“I know, Pansy. I will.”
Pansy didn’t say anything else. She drove Natalie to the Lane Group, waited until she got out, then turned the car around and left.
Natalie walked into the building and glanced back. Once she was sure Pansy’s car was gone, her expression darkened.

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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...