After I Stopped Loving Him novel Chapter 1171

"I doubt I could sway her. Unless I sacrificed myself, she'd never stand with us."

Having grown up with her, Ethan understood Natalie's twisted psychology far better than Isabella did.

Natalie would never back down. She would ride this out to the bitter end.

Unless he offered himself up as a prize, or unless Isabella was dead, Natalie would never lift a finger to help them take down York. In fact, she was highly likely to team up with York to destroy them both.

After experiencing the full scope of his prophetic dreams, Ethan's heart had grown entirely cold toward her.

The dreams had laid her true nature bare: she only ever wanted his fortune. She planned to drain his accounts, leave him for dead, and live happily ever after with Jordan.

From the very beginning, Jordan had been her endgame.

Her claims of loving Ethan? Pure manipulation.

She and Jordan were cut from the same rotten cloth. Ethan finally realized he was fundamentally different from them—he actually had a conscience and lines he refused to cross.

His greatest sin in this life had been his deceptive marriage, and the horrific pain he had inflicted on Isabella.

Isabella fell silent for a moment before sighing. "Then it's up to us to dig up the dirt. You're right. She despises me too much to ever cooperate."

"I gave her too much credit."

She had assumed that being violently manipulated by York would breed a thirst for vengeance in Natalie.

But with Isabella in the crosshairs, Natalie would never set aside her personal vendetta to take York down. If they approached her, she would probably run straight to York and spill everything.

"Let me handle the investigation, Isabella. I'll put my best people on it. Just wait for my word."

Ethan's network was lightyears ahead of hers.

And he refused to let her put herself in the line of fire.

Ethan's tone turned grave. "If York really saw the same timeline I did, he'll do whatever it takes to avoid that fate. He'll either erase his tracks completely or set up a flawless scapegoat."

"But he won't let us off the hook. He's going to use proxies to hit you."

"He might already be weaponizing Natalie. But besides her, there's another threat you can't ignore. The people who want you dead more than anyone else: your estranged relatives."

Isabella felt a chill run down her spine.

She really had neglected those estranged relatives.

She had shot down their demands for cash and refused every ridiculous ultimatum they threw at her.

Those parasites absolutely wanted her dead. Her grandparents, Berenice and Peter, were probably stabbing voodoo dolls of her right now, praying she dropped dead so they could inherit her fortune.

She was sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars. People had killed for far less.