Todos los capítulos de The Dissipation of Love: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 8

I had always been weak, and the abortion left me feeling as if I had just had a brush with death. I was in the hospital for three days after that, yet my husband, Jonathan Shaw, didn't call me even once.I went home before I had fully recovered, only to run into Jonathan just as he was leaving through the front door. He was clutching his phone and frowned when he saw me. "Where have you been? Why didn't you answer any of my calls?"I glanced at my phone. It had been switched off the entire time. I had no intention of telling him about the abortion. "Why did you call me?""Ms. Sanders' daughter has been hospitalized and put on an IV drip for the last few days. She refuses to eat. Make her some chicken soup, and I'll take it over," Jonathan said."What?" I thought I might have misheard him until he repeated himself. As it turned out, he couldn't care less that his pregnant wife hadn't been home the last few days; all he cared about was that he needed someone to make soup for his ment

Charlotte said, "I'm sorry for coming between you and your wife, Jonathan. Don't worry about me and Amanda anymore. We shouldn't have bothered you with our troubles in the first place."At that moment, Jonathan emerged from the hospital room. I thought he would give me a talking-to, but he simply hugged me from behind and caressed my belly. "Tess, can't you be a little more understanding about this?"Ms. Sanders has helped me a lot, and she's a widow struggling to raise a child on her own. Once this is over, it'll be just the three of us—you, me, and our baby.""Oh, so you do remember we have a kid on the way," I drawled sarcastically as I broke free of his embrace. "You knew I was pregnant, yet you woke me up in the middle of the night to gather clothes for Ms. Sanders and her daughter. You had me slave away in the kitchen on a hot summer day to make soup for Amanda."You were never around when I needed you, but you happily tended to their needs. If I didn't know better, I'd thi

Jonathan had spent days keeping Amanda company at the hospital, and he was starting to smell. The summer heat did him no favors, either."Perhaps you should go home and get some rest, Jonathan," Charlotte pointed out, feigning concern when in truth, she couldn't stand seeing him so disheveled.Jonathan was scrolling through his and Tessa's texts. He was about to turn down Charlotte's suggestion when he realized it had been days since Tessa had reached out to him. He wondered how she was coping with her pregnancy and said, "You're right. Give me a call if you need anything."Before he left, Charlotte began, "Jonathan…"The lights brought out the faint lines on her pretty face as she gazed at Jonathan sentimentally. The look she gave him tugged on his heartstrings, but he quickly came to his senses and asked, "Yes, Ms. Sanders?""Amanda's medical bills are due. Could you…" Charlotte trailed off, but Jonathan got the message.The temptation he had felt vanished into thin air as he

Jonathan's sentimental promises had come too late, and I no longer needed them. He tried to grab my hand but ended up grabbing thin air instead. "Please, Tess, give me another chance."The company's car slowly rolled to a stop before me. I brushed past Jonathan and headed into the car. The moment the door closed behind me, I heard his anguished sob cut through the crisp, autumn air. But I didn't so much as give him a backward glance.…A week later, I came across a video online. I clicked on it to find that it was footage of Jonathan and Charlotte.Charlotte was on her knees as she tearfully clung to Jonathan's shirt, but that didn't stop him from walking away, his jaw clenched.When the video went viral, netizens poured in with their two cents and wondered if Jonathan was so cruel as to dump his wife. However, it wasn't long before Jonathan released a statement explaining that Charlotte was his mentor and nothing more.He further said he had drained his savings to help the wid