“What are you two whispering about over there? Trying to keep secrets from me?” Laura’s curiosity got the better of her.
Linda straightened up, spun around, and hooked her arm through Laura’s. She flashed a warm smile. “Absolutely nothing. We were just saying how gorgeous you are, inside and out. And honestly, Jesse’s got great taste.”
If Douglas actually had feelings for Melissa, that would make Jesse his future brother-in-law. And Laura was clearly important to Jesse, so maintaining a good relationship with her was a must.
Thankfully, Laura and Linda clicked. They might not be as close as Linda was with Isabella, but they’d become genuine friends.
Melissa kept people at arm’s length, but she had integrity. She’d never said a bad word about Linda, and honestly, Linda respected her for that.
“That’s the biggest lie I’ve heard all week,” Laura laughed. “I know myself. I’d never call myself beautiful, not when I’m standing next to you and Isabella.”
“Well, I don’t care what you say. To me, you are totally beautiful and kind,” Linda insisted.
Laura exchanged a look with Isabella, who smiled back knowingly. After a second, Laura realized why Linda was suddenly being so affectionate.
Linda was always stressing about her army of brothers and their nonexistent love lives.
But what could she do? She and her brothers were so picky. Barely any girls caught their interest, and to top it off, any girl had to get along with Linda before any of the guys would actually make a move.
Linda meant well, but she wasn’t exactly a saint. She tended to be blunt. Some people thought she was loud or too much, but that never bothered her.
People envied her, or maybe they just pretended to be nice, but flattery never worked on Linda. That’s probably why some people never got close.
If people talked smack behind her back, Linda pretended not to hear. If she caught it in person, though, she had no problem letting them know how she really felt.


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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...