“I’m waiting outside your hotel. You’ll see me as soon as you walk out.”
Harold spoke up, “If it’s convenient, let’s go to the bubble tea shop nearby and talk there. If not, I can come inside, just bring me up when you come down.”
“Harold, can you buy us a meal?” Peter asked, half joking, half serious. “We can talk while we eat.”
He had already ordered some takeout, but honestly, it wasn’t enough. The portions were tiny, barely filling him up. The others were in the same boat. Back home, they worked hard and ate even harder, so their appetites were no joke.
City food was expensive, small, and honestly, just disappointing. Nothing compared to the seafood they cooked at their own restaurant.
Harold didn’t hesitate. “Sure, there’s a diner right next to the hotel. My treat.”
There was no chance he would take them to some fancy restaurant. That just wasn’t happening.
Fifteen minutes later, Harold and the George family were crowded into the diner. They’d pushed tables together, but it still wasn’t enough. Some had to sit at separate tables, but all the older family members managed to stay together.
Harold agreed to pay for their meal, but set a limit. “Order whatever you want, but keep it under three hundred bucks.”
He didn’t want to spend a dime more than necessary, especially on people who’d hurt someone he cared about. If it wasn’t for this conversation, he wouldn’t have bothered at all.
Berenice grumbled, “What can we get for just three hundred? Harold’s loaded, but not only does he refuse to take us somewhere nice, he won’t even let us order properly in this tiny diner.”
Harold’s face stayed cold. “If I didn’t need to talk to you, I wouldn’t even spend that much.”
“Do you even realize how you’ve treated Isabella? She’s important to me. When you hurt her, you hurt me.”


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