Technically Hester and her husband who later goes under the name Roger Chillingworth were married, but we're they truly in love? Maybe they did truly love each other before they got married or maybe they didn't but they thought they did we didn't find anything behind that in the book. Of course he went off to pursue one of his desires while leaving Hester at home and that couldn't build up any relationship. I think the one she truly loved was Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. He has been there for Hester and with Hester when she went through her trials. I also think you see it in the way they reconciled in the woods. I think Hester would have been better off with Dimmesdale than her husband in my opinion.
