Chloe smiled down at her daughter as she gently cradled her in her arms, slowly walking back towards the bus. She glanced at Danny for a moment, shooting him a small smile as she walked beside him. He returned her smile, watching her closely as her eyes twinkled happily.
"You're looking forward to the tour being over aren't you." he smiled, his heart surging when he thought about how happy she had been the past few days.
"Life is just so much simpler when I'm away from Lee." she said thoughtfully. Danny nodded in agreement, shooting her a small sympathetic smile.
"Yeah he doesn't exactly make it easy for you to be around him does he." he agreed. Chloe nodded slowly, sighing to herself as they approached the venue and saw a queue of fans waiting outside, clearly waiting for the Blue boys to emerge from rehearsals.
"I should probably head back to Sheila's." she said quietly, glancing nervously at the fans.
"Are you going to stay there the whole time we are in London?" he asked, gently taking her hand and squeezing it in reassurance. She nodded slowly.
"I might as well, since we only have a few more days left and then we can head back to Nottingham." she explained, gently resting Freyja against her chest placing a soft kiss on her forehead.
"Yeah that makes sense." he said quietly, a small swirl of disappointment churning in his stomach that he wouldn't get to fall asleep beside her. It gave him a deep sense of contentment to curl up beside her each night.
"I just need to grab Freyja's car seat." she told him, quickly climbing onto the bus. Danny followed closely behind, not quite able to suppress the urge to be in her presence every moment that he could. Even though he knew that Chloe was too broken from everything that she'd been through to open her heart to him, his gut was telling him that she felt something for him. He was prepared to wait for her as long as necessary.
Chloe hurried down the bus, her eyes searching for Freyja's car seat, a small smile playing on the corner of her lips as soon as she laid eyes on it. She frowned for a moment when she noticed a magazine laying on top of Freyja's car seat.
"Is this yours?" she asked Danny, quickly handing it to him, before carefully placing Freyja into her car seat.
"No." he frowned, quickly flicking through the pages. His heart plummeted, a small gasp escaping his lips when he noticed an article about Lee. Chloe glanced up at him as soon as she heard him gasp, frowning to herself when she noticed the colour slowly draining from his handsome features.
"What is it?" she asked, frowning when he opened his mouth to respond, quickly closing it again when he suddenly realised that he had no idea what to say. Chloe watched him for a moment, before slowly walking over to him and peering over his shoulder. Her heart dropped into the pit of her stomach as she gazed at pictures of Lee with Steph. Chloe's gaze flickered to the picture of the two of them kissing and another of them cuddling up on the sofa, Lee's eyes twinkling with happiness as he stared at the camera. Her eyes brimmed with tears as she stared into his eyes for a moment, her gaze flickering to the headline. The new Future Mrs Ryan?
"Maybe you shouldn't read it." Danny said softly, instantly sensing that she was becoming upset. Chloe ignored his words, not quite able to stop herself from reading the article.
Despite the fact that Lee Ryan from Blue is supposedly engaged to Chloe Evans, a young woman that he met when she was working as their stylist, a rumour has been circulating that this is no longer the case. Even though Lee recently announced the birth of their daughter Freyja, it would appear that there is trouble in paradise. A source claims that he has recently reconnected with old flame Steph Anderson. The source confirmed that Chloe and Lee broke up several months ago, shortly before the birth of their daughter. Given how comfortable and happy the two of them seem in each other's presence, perhaps Lee has moved on for good.
