After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 997
He would rather deal with Isabella’s endless drama than have her gone so young. Now that she was gone, she’d taken his only sister with her too.
After the funeral, Ethan drove Zachary home himself. Zachary didn’t say a word the entire ride. He just leaned against the seat, silent tears running down his face. Ethan wanted to say something to comfort him, but in the end, he couldn’t find the words.
Back at the house, Zachary moved like a ghost, going straight to his room and locking the door behind him. He wouldn’t let anyone in and didn’t speak to anyone, not even his own family. Ethan quietly told his aunt to keep an eye on him, slipped her some money, and left.
As soon as Ethan got home, he went straight for the booze. He twisted off the cap and started drinking straight from the bottle. He didn’t bother with a glass.
Stephanie had wanted to ask about Cynthia, but seeing Ethan like this, she just walked over, her heart aching for him, and reached out to take the bottle from his hand.
“Grandma, please let me drink. I can’t stand this pain. It hurts too much,” Ethan said, pulling the bottle out of her reach.
“I let Isabella down. I let Cynthia down. When I married Isabella, I promised Cynthia I’d make her happy. That I’d take care of both of them,” he choked out, voice breaking. “But I didn’t. Now Isabella’s dead. Cynthia’s dead. Grandma, I killed them. If I hadn’t divorced Isabella, maybe neither of them would have died.”
Ethan’s eyes turned red again. He tipped the bottle back and took another long drink. The alcohol scorched his throat, hit his nose, made him cough and gasp, tears streaming down his cheeks. It was still impossible for him to accept that Isabella was really gone. Just a few days ago she’d been alive, arguing with him. Now she was reduced to nothing more than a slip of paper.
The death certificate. That was all that was left.
Seeing her cremated, turned to ashes and then reduced to paperwork had ripped a gaping hole in his chest. The pain seemed endless. He would give anything to have her yelling at him again instead of this empty silence. How could she just be gone?
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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...