Isabella had no clue what her nemesis was up to these days. Around noon, she grabbed lunch with Linda, and after they finished eating, the two of them lingered at the table, chatting and laughing before heading back to their own offices.
Linda always took a half-hour nap in her office break room during lunch. It was the only way she could handle the heavy workload that came with the afternoons. Isabella, on the other hand, just closed her eyes for a bit on the long sofa in her own reception area. Her office wasn’t nearly as big as those fancy executive suites, no private lounge or anything like that. Even the kitchenette was ridiculously tiny.
Since Linda had invited her out, Isabella didn’t make it home for lunch with her mom. She had to promise she’d definitely be back for dinner. No work events, no dropping by the shop, just a quiet night at home, spending time with her mother. It had been way too long since the two of them had a real conversation.
Around two in the afternoon, Isabella’s secretary came in to announce an unexpected visitor. Samantha had arrived. Isabella got up right away, hurrying out to greet her.
“Isabella, I hope I’m not bothering you,” Samantha said, her tone apologetic.
“Of course not. You’re welcome here anytime,” Isabella replied, smiling.
She led Samantha into her office and offered her a seat. When she asked if Samantha wanted something to drink, Samantha just asked for a glass of warm water. Isabella poured it for her, then made herself a coffee. She used to get by with just one cup in the morning, which kept her wired all day and sometimes even ruined her sleep at night. Now, though, it felt like the caffeine barely worked anymore. Maybe she’d just built up too much tolerance. These days, she needed at least two cups to make it through to the end of the workday.
Once they were both settled, Isabella looked over at Samantha, waiting for her to explain why she’d come.
Samantha smiled. “You don’t have to be so nervous. I’m not here to make things difficult for you.”


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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...