I’ve been having an affair for eight years with my co-worker. I’m not ashamed. I love her very much. I also love my wife (we married at 19) and our three children.
My affair has never affected my family as I often travel on business with this woman. Last year, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
The prognosis is not good. Lockdown was maddening and I want to spend as much time as I can with her before the end. But I don’t want to hurt my wife, nor (selfishly) can I cope with losing her and dealing with the fallout if she found out at the same time.— FlooredGood lord, this sounds like one of those bookclub novels that’s about to be made into an emotionally fraught film starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Ralph Fiennes.
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