"The Affair"

Hi CJers!

This is a brand new mini-fic I came up with a couple of weeks ago as a very new spin on the CJ relationship. It's only going to be 3 chapters long. This is just a small prologue of where CJ's lives have taken them to a place nobody expected them to. The next 2 chapters will be much longer and set from Charlie's POV then Joey's POV of how they got here and if they can change the way their lives have turned out.

I'm still finishing off the rest of the fic and I haven't decided exactly how the mini-fic is gonna end. It could be a bittersweet ending or an open-ended ending for you to decide where CJ's future relationship lies yourself but I'd like to hear what you think of the concept of this fic.

Don't expect the dramatics of my other fics here. This is a very different story that is emotional and bittersweet. So I hope you enjoy this different style of writing from me.

'The Affair' is a tragic tale between two soul mates - Can a love affair that's not meant to be end up lasting forever?

Chapter One

September - 2019

Charlie's POV

The sun rises slowly outside as I take a moment to catch my breath. I stare outside the window for a minute before my attention is brought back to the body that's curled around me. And I wonder how long this can last...

I have the most amazing and beautiful woman curled up against me - Joey Collins.

Joey is like perfection. She always has been since the moment that I first met her...the moment I fell in love with her.

I remember it clear as day like it was yesterday.

But a lot has changed since then...Joey's not mine and she never will be.

When we're lying here in each another's arms after making love to one another so passionately...I feel like she's mine.

Then I remember...we don't belong with one another...we're not together because we belong to other people.

Yet here we are in this hotel room bed lying naked amongst the sheets just like we always are...year after year...

My name's Charlie Buckton...and I'm having an affair...with my soul mate...

Eight years into the future and CJ haven't gotten a 'Happily Ever After' - instead their having an affair with one another that has changed their lives.

How did they get here?

Why aren't they in a relationship with one another?

Do they still love each other?

And how can their future be with one another if they're betraying the people who love them to spend a night in each other's arms?

Hope you're looking forward to a few of those questions being answered in the next chapter which is from Charlie's POV.

xox

Cutebabe