Twenty minutes later, Laura pulled up to the gates of the Mason family’s sprawling villa and gave a quick honk. Almost immediately, a middle-aged woman stepped outside to open the gate. It was Buena, the Mason family’s housekeeper.
“Good morning, Laura,” Buena greeted her with a warm smile.
Laura smiled back. Everyone in the Mason household treated her with extra respect now, knowing she’d eventually become the lady of the house. “Morning, Buena.”
She drove inside, parking in the open lot. When she got out, she grabbed a few gift bags from the passenger seat—some health supplements she’d picked out for Stephanie and Janetta.
Before she could take more than a few steps, Jesse appeared, striding over from the direction of the main house. The estate was huge, and the walk from the gate wasn’t short. Seeing him here so quickly told her he’d been waiting and had probably timed her arrival.
“Did you really bring more stuff? If my mom sees this, she’s going to give you another lecture,” Jesse said, reaching for the bags in her hands. “You’re always bringing gifts. These look heavy, too. We have everything we need here. You don’t have to bring something every time you visit.”
Laura laughed, brushing a stray hair behind her ear. “It’s really not that much, just a few boxes of bird’s nest for your grandma and your mom.”
Jesse shook his head, grinning as he took the bags from her. “My mom would love to send you home with all the supplements we have, and here you are, bringing her more.”
He held the bags in one hand and, with the other, slipped his fingers through hers. They started walking toward the main house together, fingers intertwined so naturally it felt like they’d always done this.
“Next time, just pull your car up to the front door. No need to walk all this way,” he said.
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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...