After I Stopped Loving Him novel Chapter 1027

Harold looked at her. “Of course, Isabella. You didn’t do anything wrong. Honestly, I think you handled it the best way you could. Sure, Ethan tried to make it up to you after the fact, but that doesn’t change what he did. He used you. He hurt you. You have nothing to feel guilty about. You really don’t.”

Isabella nodded. “I know. I don’t feel like I was wrong at all. Ethan was the one who messed up first. Back when he suddenly confessed to me and started pursuing me, I was so in love, I could’ve given him my whole heart without a second thought.”

“He acted like he cared so much. Brought me to meet you and all his other friends. He really made me feel like he wanted me in his world. After more than twenty years of knowing each other, I thought he had finally fallen for me.”

“He was always visiting Jordan at The Lane Estate. Because I lived there, we’d known each other since we were kids. He and the guys would play together. They didn’t let me join, but I’d always be watching them, just happy to be near.”

“After I moved out, I still went back to visit whenever I could, and I’d run into him a lot. So, when he told me he’d been paying attention to me for a long time, that he fell for me ages ago, I believed him. I really did.”

“But the way he treated Natalie always bothered me. I kept telling myself they’d grown up together, so it made sense they were close. I thought, as long as he and Natalie didn’t cross any lines, I could be the bigger person. I could ignore it, avoid any fights.”

“He gave me this huge, glamorous wedding. That day, I was Mrs. Adams and everyone envied me. You and Jesse were his groomsmen. You saw how incredible it was. No one would’ve guessed he’d go that far just to use me.”

He didn’t even hesitate to sacrifice his own marriage for whatever he wanted. That says a lot about how deep his feelings for Natalie actually went.

Now he says he’s over Natalie. But if you ask me, it isn’t that he let go, it’s just that he’s disappointed in her. Natalie pushed things too far, and that strange dream he mentioned changed how he saw her.

And right after my divorce, Harold, an amazing guy like you, suddenly showed up in my life. That probably got under Ethan’s skin, and that’s why he suddenly wanted me back. That’s why he started talking about getting back together, about us remarrying.

Ethan always thought he was in control. If there was ever going to be a divorce, he expected he’d be the one who got to say it, not me.

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