I've addressed this before, but I'll do it again just for fun.
It's in my best interest to release as quickly as possible. The months that I have a release, I make more than double the amount versus the months that I don't have a release. So no, I'm not purposefully taking longer to get the updates out. I try to release approximately every two months, but something people need to understand is this is not my full time job, this is something I do as a hobby so I can't make this my top priority in life as much as I'd like to since I enjoy it so much. As it is I spend just about every moment of free time I have working on it.
The first update was released in early November, followed by the second update in late December. The second update was half done when I made the first release. I did this to try and get ahead, but the holidays forced me to lose a lot of that ground sadly. The third release was mid February, so around two months later and chapter four will likely release mid April. I haven't announced an exact release date because I am no longer doing that. All I can say is early release will probably be mid April. There's no conspiracy or money gouging going on, I can assure you that. No one has to pay for this game if they don't want to and I'll continue making it even if I don't make a single penny because I love Adult visual novels and I love making them. I am however very pleased that so many people have decided to give some of their hard earned money to help support me and the generosity has been truly mind blowing, so thanks to all of you from this forum that support me on Patreon, it really does inspire me to keep going. And to everyone else that doesn't want to or can't afford to support me, that's perfectly fine too. I'm really glad you enjoy the game and just playing it and talking about it on here supports me as well by generating interest, so thanks to all you guys.