After I Stopped Loving Him novel Chapter 1042

Natalie’s glare could have burned a hole straight through York. She didn’t bother hiding how much she hated him. Right now, she couldn’t stand the sight of him. This man was pure evil.

“Oh, by the way, there’s something I forgot to mention. Ethan got into a terrible car accident while he was out of town for work. He was badly hurt, almost didn’t survive. He spent a week in the ICU before he barely pulled through.”

The news hit Natalie like a punch.

Ethan in a car accident? When did that happen?

No wonder he’d been gone for so long. Now it all made sense. He wasn’t just away for work. Something had happened to him.

Did Isabella know about this?

“How do you know?” Natalie asked, suspicion prickling at her. She stared hard at York and asked again, “Did you have something to do with it?”

York didn’t admit to anything. He just shrugged it off. “I’m not that powerful,” he replied easily.

He added, “It was just an accident. Apparently, he’d just heard Isabella agreed to date Harold and he was distracted. Then, boom, the crash happened. His luck must be insane. Even after a wreck that bad, he made it. His driver, though, died on the way to the hospital.”

Natalie shook her head and muttered, “Ethan’s always been lucky. He just seems to escape the worst every time.”

She spun around and hurried out.

Of course, as usual, she was blindfolded with a strip of black cloth before being walked outside and allowed to get out of the car. When she finally pulled off the blindfold, she found herself standing by her own car. The two men in black who’d brought her back were already gone, their car lost somewhere in the busy traffic. There was no way she’d find them if she tried.

A few minutes later, Natalie got into her own car and drove straight over to The Adams Group.

And when Ethan started chasing after Isabella again, the betting was over for good. Those who had rooted for Isabella complained bitterly. They said she just wasn’t strong enough to hold onto her marriage or her man.

“I want to see Mr. Adams,” Natalie said calmly to the receptionist, not bothered at all by being stopped.

She already knew her place at The Adams Group had changed.

It wasn’t just because Ethan wasn’t around today. Even if he were, the same thing would have happened. She would have been stopped at reception.

She couldn’t help but think back to the last time she came to see Ethan. She’d let her feelings get the better of her and tried to throw herself at Ethan. That must have freaked him out, because afterward, he issued special instructions: she needed his permission before she could go upstairs.

Looking back, Natalie regretted it. She regretted coming on to Ethan like that—not because it worked, but because it backfired so badly. Now Ethan was wary of her, and there was no going back to how things used to be. The freedom she once had at The Adams Group was gone.