Chloe sighed to herself as she sat on the bed, gently expressing milk for Freyja. Warm tears rolled down her cheeks as she thought about what Lee had told her. No matter how hard she tried she couldn't seem to clear the images out of her head. She tried to fight against it, but the images were imprinted on her brain. Whenever she was alone or closed her eyes she could see Lee having sex with Steph on the pool table over and over, almost like she was standing on the sidelines watching them. A small sob escaped her lips when she heard the small groan that Lee made whenever he released inside of her, the thought of him doing that with someone else causing her to feel sick to her stomach. Particularly with someone that she knew in her heart would be so much better in bed than she was. Chloe had always prided herself on the fact that she'd only been with Lee, but she knew that as a result, she lacked experience, something that Steph definitely didn't. Despite the fact that she knew Lee had a colourful past when it came to women, she couldn't quite deal with the thought of him sleeping with the person that he'd cheated on her with. Even though she knew that it wasn't the case, it almost felt like he had chosen Steph over her.
Her blood was still simmering that he'd suggested to her that she should learn to let go of the bitterness and anger that she was feeling. She knew in her heart that despite the fact that he was pretending that he was concerned about Freyja, his real motive was that he wanted an easy life for himself. To live without the fear of being called out on his behaviour.
Before she could talk herself out of it, she quickly picked up her phone, using the torch to make her way back into the living room, quickly wiping away the tears that were steadily rolling down her cheeks.
"I'll leave this here for when she is hungry." she stated firmly, placing the bottle of milk onto the coffee table. Lee nodded slowly, watching her closely as she sat cross-legged in front of the fire, keeping her back to him.
"I thought you were going to wait until the power was back on before you expressed?" he frowned. Chloe shrugged dismissively, not quite able to bring herself to look at him. She knew that it was going to break her heart a little to watch somebody else feeding her baby, particularly when it was the one time in her life that Chloe felt truly content, but she couldn't help but feel that the sooner she allowed him to feed Freyja, the sooner the hurt would pass.
"Are you okay Chloe?" he asked her, gazing at her back as he watched her slowly wiping the tears from her cheeks. She nodded slowly, sniffing quietly to herself.
"I just want to get the next few days over with so that I can go home." she said thoughtfully, sighing sadly to herself as she thought about Danny and how much she missed being around him. His mere presence instantly calming her. She'd have given anything to be able to curl up in his arms, to finally be with the one person in the world who completely understood her.
"I thought you like being in Norway." he said quietly, trying to ignore the small flicker of hurt that he felt that she wanted to leave him and return home.
"I do, but I want to get back to Amy and Danny." she said quietly.
"Are you worried about the trial?" he asked softly, glancing down at Freyja as she stirred in his arms, his heart breaking a little at the thought of Chloe and Freyja returning to Nottingham without him. He couldn't help but feel a deep sense of dread at the thought of being parted from the two of them once again.
"I really don't want to talk about it." she said quietly, snapping him out of his thoughts. Lee nodded slowly, his heart breaking a little that she continued to shut him out of her emotions. Even though he knew that it was a self defence mechanism and that she was trying to protect herself, that didn't stop the hurt that he was feeling as a result.
