A few hundred bucks a month, tops. For Isabella these days, that kind of money was nothing.
Harold looked embarrassed. “I really didn’t think they could be so shameless. I’ve never met people so unreasonable in my life.”
“In our world, because our family is powerful, we only ever meet ‘good’ people. But let’s be honest, they’re only nice because they want to stay on the Carter family’s good side.” When you’re strong enough, everyone around you acts like a friend. But the moment you hit a rough patch, that’s when you see who people really are. If they don’t kick you while you’re down, you’re already lucky. In the end, everything comes down to self-interest.
“I warned them. If they try to mess with Isabella again, I’ll make sure they can’t even survive in their own hometown.”
Barbara spoke up. “They’re not doing well back home. If they were, they wouldn’t be coming to Isabella for help. I’ve heard her talk about her relatives. They’re from some small fishing village by the coast. When her dad was alive, he and her mom ran a seafood restaurant. Business was great when the tourists came in. After her dad died, her grandparents took over the restaurant and handed it to her uncle. He ran it right into the ground. I heard he was sketchy, always overcharging customers, kept getting fined, but never learned his lesson. Word got around and business tanked. Isabella’s cousins aren’t doing any better. Now that they’ve failed and Isabella’s doing well, of course they’re jealous and want a piece of her success. They’re already desperate, so I doubt your threats even matter to them.”
People with nothing to lose aren’t scared of anything. Isabella actually has something to protect, but the George family has already lost everything. What could possibly scare them? They’d just keep clinging to Isabella, refusing to let go.


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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...