The Affair

Chapter 8

Ryan's POV

I walked in to find Chloe on the floor crying, she was bawling her eyes out and Archie was looking at his mother worriedly from his pushchair which he was still in

She looks up at me and she looks destroyed, she seemed to have finally broken, I felt so bad for her

She quickly got up, cleaned herself up, took Archie out of his pushchair and then ran past me as fast as she could, she seemed to be embarrassed I'd caught her breaking down, it makes me wonder if she's been like this before

Chloe's POV

After Ryan caught me like that I ran away and hid out in the nursery again, it's my safe haven, Thomas knows he mustn't dare do something to cause a fight in here, I won't have it, Archie shouldn't have to see that

A few minutes later I heard the front door open fast and Thomas storm in, I heard him and Ryan seem to argue a little and then it all seemed to settled down

The door opened and I saw Thomas at the door but I was not in the mood and I made that very clear to him

"Don't" I spoke coldly

"Chloe..." he started but I've had enough of his bullshit

"GO ALREADY!" I yelled, I could see him clench his fists but then he took a deep breath, unclenched them and left

A few minutes later I watched as he lugged his bags down the hall, then the stairs, to the door and then left, without even a word

As the door slammed shut I sighed, it was a relief, I know how that sounds but I just needed him gone

I made sure Archie was down for his nap and then went back downstairs

I found Ryan on the phone to someone and it seemed important

"He doesn't give a crap, I'm not leaving her in foster care! Wow, would you just stop already! Goodbye!" He yelled down the phone angrily

"You okay?" I asked gently and he turned to find me behind him, I guess he was a little shocked

"Sorry you have to hear that" he replied

"Who was it?" I questioned curiously, I couldn't help but be intrigued at what could get him so riled up

"My mother, not very impressed I'm taking in my sister because it's not her daughter" he tells me and I'm not really sure how to respond

"I'm sorry" I whisper

"Are you okay now?" He asks me gently, wow we're really tag teaming the gentle, caring vibes aren't we?

"Why wouldn't I be?" I try to play it off but know it hasn't got a chance of working

"He was treating you like shit" he tells me, he was being quite defensive of me, he's only known me all of like a day and he's doing a better job of looking after me than my husband

I think that's when it clicked, the thing in my head that had held me back before switched off and I wasn't being held back anymore

I looked him square in the eye and he returned my gaze, heated silence ensued and then it happened we both went straight to each other and in seconds our lips were locked, it was a passion I hadn't felt in such a long time, a lust I hadn't felt in such a long time either

I hadn't really wanted Thomas in a long time but I felt a desire for Ryan that was burning in my soul, I felt like I needed him, I hadn't felt such a desire for someone since before I was pregnant, if even then

My hands went to his shirt but then he stopped me

"You're married" he points about, clearly having just given in to the moment rather than thinking it through

"I don't care" I tell him, looking him straight in the eye

"You'd be cheating" he reminds me but still I can't make myself stop

"I don't care" I reply

"Chloe?" He questions, not sure he's convinced

"Do you want me?" I ask him simply

He hesitates for a moment, clearly unsure if he should answer that

"Yes" he finally replied, very sure of himself

"My husband only wants me for sex, he treats me like shit and doesn't give a crap about our son" I vent, just naming a few of the reasons why my marriage isn't stopping me

"Are you sure?" He asks, he is so sweet, he wants to make sure I don't have any regrets, it's too late for that, I seem to have married my biggest one

"I want you in a way I have wanted Thomas since before I had my son, long before I had my son, I haven't felt like this in so long I had almost forgotten what it felt like, I have never been more sure of anything in my entire life" I tells him and he looks at me for a second before crashing our lips back together

The heat between us was immense, every single touch and I wanted more but it was so completely different to being with Thomas, Ryan was romantic about it, he was gentle and sweet and passionate where Thomas was purely physical

I unbuttoned Ryan shirt and off that came, he wasn't quite as muscly as Thomas but it dear god he looked so hot, I was so much more attracted to him than I had been to Thomas in a long while now, he pulled off my t-shirt in response and then we were both shirtless

I jumped up and wrapped my legs around his waist and he carried me upstairs, I couldn't get enough of him, it was like he'd triggered something in me, something that had been dormant so long that it was now so desperate to come out

In the hallway he pushed me back and held me against a wall and we continued to makeout he went down to my neck, leaving a trail of kisses as he did and the second he found my sweet spot shivers went down my spine like a shockwave to my system

He left a hickey on my neck and I knew it, I didn't have to see to know, there was something about the way he did it, it was romantic in a way you wouldn't expect from something leading up to sex, if Thomas ever left a hickey on me it was just for proof he'd been there, like he was marking his territory, or so he could brag that he'd done it, somehow I could tell Ryan didn't leave that mark on my neck for bragging rights just from the way he left it there

"My bedroom" I whispered in his ear and he stopped the kisses he was leaving down me, clearly worried I was just doing this to spite my husband, I can tell you know with 100% certainty, I was not

"Really?" He asks unsure

"Fuck my husband, fuck my marriage, fuck my vows, they mean shit to him, why should they mean shit to me?" I replied and I could sense the venom in my own voice so clearly he could too

"Chloe are you sure? I don't want you to do this just because of something that's just happened that you haven't dealt with in the right way" he explains to me gently as he looks me straight in the eyes

"I'm sure" I replied and with that he didn't question me again

I haven't felt the way he made me feel in that bedroom in all my living memory, I'd enjoyed Thomas once, I know I had, but this was something else, it felt right

How could something so wrong feel so right?

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IT HAPPENED! But is she right and it wasn't to spite Thomas or is it possible she just wanted revenge? What will happen when she has a chance to think it through? Xoxo