“I can’t even explain why, but I just like you. I’m drawn to you. I want to be with you and spend the rest of my life by your side.”
“I know, a lifetime is a long time. If I say I’ll treat you right forever, you might think I’m just saying sweet nothings, making promises I can’t keep. But I hope you’ll believe me, and give me a chance to prove it.”
“I want to show you we could actually grow old together, just the two of us, always.”
Isabella smiled.
“I never said I wouldn’t give you a chance.”
“Look at you, getting all anxious.”
With one arm still hugging the bouquet, Isabella reached up and brushed Harold’s cheek with the other hand.
“I really wasn’t planning to start a new relationship so soon.”
“It doesn’t seem that soon to me. You split up with Ethan a while ago.”
From Harold’s perspective, the divorce already felt like a thing of the past.
“It’s not about how long it’s been since the divorce. I just didn’t want to rush into anything new. I was worried that if I let myself like you too quickly, it would feel like I was just using you to get over Ethan... and that wouldn’t be fair to you. But since we’ve been spending time together, the way you treat me, your sincerity, I can feel all of it.”
“I really am starting to fall for you. And it’s genuine. It’s not about Ethan anymore. It’s about you.”
“You’re a good guy. I’ve always thought so. My friends and family, they’re always telling me to give you a chance, to give myself a chance. They keep saying I shouldn’t let one failed marriage make me give up on love completely.”
“There really are people out there with happy marriages. I want to believe I can have that too. I want to take that chance.”
Her friends and family had talked her through it, and Isabella knew she had truly thought it over.
Her mom always said the divorce wasn’t her fault. Ethan was the one who messed things up, who let her down.

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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...