The Affair

Chapter 12

Chloe's POV

The next day I woke up to the smell of a fully cooked breakfast, the advantages of being married to a guy from Scotland who spent a lot of his childhood in London, he's partial to a full English breakfast, it's great

I was about to get up and go downstairs when he came in with a tray of food

"Your breakfast is served m'lady" he said in a posh voice as he brought it over to me, I couldn't help but chuckle at his precious little smile about it, he looked so proud of himself

"Breakfast in bed? Well that's exciting" I reply as I take the tray from him, god it smells so good, I am SO hungry right now

"This smells amazing! Please tell me you didn't cook it" I joke, he smiles at me and rolls his eyes

"I did, but you won't die because of it" he replies, faking hurt, though within ten seconds we're both laughing rather hard so I know he didn't actually take it personally

"You'd better hurry up and eat it so we can get our day started, I mean, it doesn't count as a DAY in the park if we don't get there till lunch" he drops casually, knowing how much I wanted to do something like that together

"Lunch? It's not that late" I tell him then I look at my clock "holy shit it's half ten!" I exclaimed, I haven't woken up this late in like 3 years, nah whom I kidding? Not even that recently

"I thought I'd let you have a lie in" Thomas replied looking all proud of himself

"Archie need feeding!" I exclaimed and he just chuckled

"Chloe relax, I do know how to give my own son a bottle, I was gonna try the actual solids but I figured I'd leave that for today so I didn't screw it up and get you to show me what I'm doing later" he told me, all these things....I've been hoping to hear them for months now

"Thank you" I whispered as I began tearing up, I couldn't help it, it was just such a relief

But then I began to feel guilty, really guilty, while he was deciding to make all these changes to his life I was busy screwing one of his friends and therefore cheating on him, I hate myself, I wish I'd never done it

"Aw hey baby, it's okay" he chuckles softly as he pulls me into a hug, I don't know why I'm crying, I guess I just missed being close with him and now I'm getting that back, but I've ruined it, he can never know what I did, ever, he'd hate me, I couldn't deal with that

"I'm sorry" I whispered in his ear, he couldn't know why, but I had to say it

"Why are you sorry babe? It's okay to be emotional" he soothed me, the nicer he was, the more guilty I felt

"I love you" I whispered, I wanted to say it louder but I couldn't make it come out

"I know you do baby and I love you too" he replied as we finally pulled away

"I'm gonna go get Archie ready to go to the park" he tells me before giving me a quick kiss on the cheek and then leaving the room

And suddenly my entire appetite is gone, my husband is finally putting in the effort I've been missing for so long and now I have this huge secret that I can't ever tell him for fear of losing him, and possibly by extension Archie too

Why did I have to fall for Ryan's words and personality and dear god everything about him was so freaking perfect no wonder I lost my goddamn mind

But now Thomas has literally fixed the main, if not only, flaw he had as a part of our relationship, there is literally NOTHING I can think of that isn't so freaking perfect that I don't basically lose all ability to function like a normal human being for

I GIVE UP

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So now she's feeling guilty? But will she really manage to keep it a secret or will he find out? What do you think will happen next? Xoxo