“Your dad cheated, you got hurt, and then you turned around and cheated too. Did it ever cross your mind that I might be hurting too? That maybe I’d feel just as awful?”
“I’m sorry, Natalie. I really am. I’m so sorry,” Jordan said, guilt written all over his face.
Natalie looked away, tears spilling down her cheeks, one after another. She remembered how, ever since they got married, Jordan would always use her as leverage with Ethan. Because of her, Ethan kept sending business to the Lane Group, racking up benefits for her family.
Even Jackson treated her with extra respect because of her connections.
Everyone knew the Lane Group owed all those deals with the Adams Group to her.
And to keep Ethan’s love, she’d had to go after Isabella, always watching her back, always scheming. If she hadn’t been forced into that mess, she never would have gotten involved with York. She wouldn’t have fallen into his trap, wouldn’t have wound up with a stain on her name she could never wash away.
She’d always thought she’d done right by Jordan, done right by the Lane family. But what had Jordan ever given her in return?
She’d been set up by York, had her photo and video taken, and she’d swallowed the humiliation all by herself, too scared to even tell Jordan. Even after everything, she still wanted to make things work with him.
She kept putting the Lane family’s interests ahead of her own.
But Jordan…
The more she thought about it, the worse she felt, and her tears just kept coming.
Suddenly, she raised her hand and slapped Jordan hard across the face. Then she shook off his hand and ran past him, not looking back.
“Natalie!”
“Natalie!”
Her dad, her brother, and Jordan all rushed after her.
Jordan caught up first, grabbing her arm.
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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...