Chapter 3

The following days, Jonathan seemed to revert to the perfect husband I once knew.

Chloe updated her feed with increasing frequency, yet Jonathan remained silent.

Late one night, his fever-hot body pressed against mine. "Babe, the doctor says the baby's stable now. We haven't been together in so long."

His heartbeat came heavy and quick against my back, like a man rushing to prove something to himself.

I clenched my teeth to suppress the nausea churning in my stomach. I offered a smile and placed the body lotion into his palm. "Dear, would you mind helping me apply it one…