Todos os capítulos de Too Late for Spring: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 9

When Jonas Whitford came back inside, the handprint on his face had not faded yet.My hands and feet had gone ice-cold as I listened to the Jonas from 10 years in the future pour out his resentment and hatred toward me. I could barely breathe."Does it hurt?"He pressed his tongue against the inside of his cheek. "Worried about me? Then when are you going to cut ties with that lunatic?"His tone made it clear that he could not stand Luna Fairweather, just as always.Earlier, Luna had lost her temper on my behalf and slapped him because he had not pulled out my chair at the table.A sliver of hope rose in my chest. Maybe what I had heard was nothing more than a hallucination.Ever since Jonas and I got together, Luna had disliked him intensely. She believed a rich playboy like him would never stay faithful and did not care enough about me.Jonas thought she was trying to drive a wedge between us. Every time they met, he made a point of snapping at her. I had always been caught i

The muscles in Luna's face twitched sharply.The memory from six years ago crashed back between us like a wave of ice-cold water.During our freshman year of college, Luna and I had been cornered in an alley by a group of thugs. We fought back with everything we had. When their leader pulled out a knife and lunged at Luna, I threw myself in front of her without a second thought and took the blade instead.My blood had soaked her from head to toe.The doctor later told me that the damage to my body was so severe that I would never be able to conceive.I had never regretted that choice.Until now.Luna clenched her jaw as tears streamed down her face."I haven't forgotten."Jonas could tell she was upset. He quickly pulled me into his arms and changed the subject."Silly. If we can't have kids, then we can't. Isn't it better with just the two of us anyway?"The next second, the future Jonas's voice came through the earbuds again."What is wrong with Elodie? So she can't have

The moment I finished speaking, Jonas's smile cracked, and the ugliness and hypocrisy he had been hiding underneath began to show. The corners of his mouth twitched as his eyes darted between the police officers and the reporter. His breathing quickened, his chest heaved, and a fine sheen of sweat broke out along his temples."Elodie? What are you doing?" He forced the terror in his eyes into a gentle, slightly helpless smile."Has all this happiness gone to your head? What bigamy? You're my only wife."Did Luna say something to you again? Don't believe her! You know she's never been on board with us. She'd love nothing more than to see us split up."Elodie, you can feel how much I love you, can't you?"I stared hard at his face. Even now, he was still trying to lie to me.In my ear, the future Jonas's voice shrieked like an air-raid siren, harsh and grating."What is that crazy woman up to now?"I told you not to keep her around! You wouldn't listen! What now? What about my Lu

By the time I finished giving my statement at the police station, signed all the paperwork, and walked out, Luna was nowhere to be seen.Jonas had been taken into custody on the spot. The Whitford family hired the best legal team in the country to fight his case, and they even came looking for me.Before I could say a word, Jonas's mother, Constance Pellham, dropped to her knees in front of me."Jonas was wrong to lie to you. But you've pulled back in time, and you haven't really lost anything."You two were together for years. When you were at your lowest, he was the one who helped you get through it."When Jonas said he wanted to marry you, I looked down on your background, but I never stood in your way."Elodie, for my sake, and for the sake of everything you two once had, can't you let him go?"Every word came out choked with tears, as though Jonas's situation was somehow my fault. I stepped around her and sat down on the nearby couch, my expression completely blank."You k

I looked at her flat stomach."I already got rid of the baby."Luna gave a bitter, broken smile and continued, "When my parents found out what I did, they were so ashamed of me that they kicked me out. Elodie, are you satisfied now?"Jonas had lost his position as heir to the Whitford Group, and Luna had become the target of everyone's scorn and condemnation. I had gotten everything I wanted. The 200,000 dollars in damages for emotional distress had already been deposited into my account.Yet if she was asking whether I felt satisfied, I honestly could not answer.Luna lifted her head and met my gaze. "Elodie, I've been thinking a lot lately. If we'd never met Jonas, maybe we'd still be best friends. Maybe we'd still be as close as sisters."I shut that idea down immediately."No. Even without Jonas, there would've been someone else. Just another Jonas wearing a different face."Luna, someone like you doesn't deserve friends because you don't have a heart."If I could really t