The Affair

Chapter 13

Chloe's POV

A month flew by like it was nothing, it was insane how fast the time went by, Archie was now 10 months old, Thomas....well, he stayed true to his word, he was there, he did what he said he would

Almost overnight Thomas became the perfect husband and father that many girls dream of having when they're little, the only thing that was different is that they're usually princes, but yanno he's a hunky Scottish millionaire so it's not a massive downgrade

It's been a month since Ryan and I broke off our affair, I've seen him a few times, Thomas had some of 'the guys' from work over a few times and Ryan was always in that group, but every time I tried to talk to him he'd just ignore me and walk away

I don't get it though, he's the reason Thomas gets home so early and can be around for me and Archie so much more, he's taken a huge weight off of Thomas' shoulders, I know for a fact he's doing more than he has too because Thomas is always talking about how great a worker he is

I can only imagine what Thomas would do if he found out about what happened between Ryan and I a month ago

It's crazy how much Thomas has changed, he's started cooking and helping around the house and he's an amazing father, he takes me on all these romantic dates, some are more grown up restaurants and sometimes we just go roller skating in the park, I love it

I couldn't help but be in awe at all this and soon life began to return to how it had been when we first started dating, with a few exceptions obviously, but it was like our relationship was starting afresh

I had fallen madly for him all over again and I thought that would never end

But then one night about a month later I was about to go to bed early because I wasn't feeling well, I figured Thomas could handle Archie on his own so I headed for our bedroom, but I immediately stopped at the doorway when I heard something, it was Thomas on the phone to someone

I decided to wait outside until he'd finished so as to not disturb him but for the sake of my self-worth I sincerely wish I hadn't done that

"Awe babe are you jealous? Haha yeah, oh honey she's my wife, people have to think I give a shit" I...I couldn't believe I'd just heard that

What the hell is going on?!

"Now come on, you know I can't do that, yes I will come and see you as soon as I can, but she'll suspect something if I suddenly change again, a divorce would not be good for my credibility" I hear him explain to whoever is on the other end

Wait, did he change purely so I wouldn't leave him?

Did I make a huge mistake picking my marriage over Ryan?

I have to admit, these days my mind does wander, Ryan's been creeping back into my mind more and more

I just can't believe it, I'm not gonna pretend I'm innocent, I cheated too, but I stopped it and recommitted to our marriage, he's still going behind my back and cheating

But wait....he started going on so many extra business trips around about the time we found out I was pregnant

Did he start cheating on me because I was pregnant?

It makes sense, he was away much more after we found out about my pregnancy and he became really distant about then as well

That can't be right...c...can it?

Maybe I just misheard him...yeah, that's gotta be it, I'm probably just imagining all this, maybe I'm just dreaming

I quite literally pinched myself in the hope that I was dreaming, i was not

"Yeah babe, I'm gonna come as soon as I can, but I can't stay over so I don't know when I'll get the chance" he spoke and then clearly she hadn't liked that "if I'm not careful she'll find out about this, she CANNOT find out that I've been cheating on her for over a year, I can't risk a divorce, plus she's so whiney and insufferable when she's upset, it's so annoying I literally could not stand the amount of crying she'd do" he rants about me, wow, okay then...

I fell for it, I believed he had really changed, how did I miss this? God I'm so stupid

I turn around and head for Archie's room, I get Archie and put him in his car seat carrier thing, I have to get out of here and I'm not leaving Archie with his father who clearly thought it was too much hassle to have him

I hurriedly scribble something down on a piece of paper about where I went and left it on the kitchen counter

I had to not be there for a while, I took Archie and his bag and I left, I didn't regret a thing, it was the best decision I'd made in years, specifically the number of years I've been with Thomas

But it was where I found myself walking to that shocked me, I wasn't thinking about where I was going, I had only been there twice and yet somehow my subconscious sent me there

I was so glad that it did

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So Thomas is a cheat? Did he really start cheating on her because she was pregnant? Is he that horrible? Where has she gone? You guys trying to put the right names in is much more confusing than it should have been 😂😂 xoxo