I fell in love with the man of my dreams – then I found out he’d been having an affair with his male BOSS for years
A MUM who thought she’d found her dream man was heartbroken to discover he had been having a sordid affair with his boss for years.
Maisie Lewis, from Woking, Surrey, met her future hubby through a mutual friend and they sparked an eight-year romance.
But tragedy struck when his cruel lies unravelled over a romantic dinner on Maisie’s birthday.
The 43-year-old told The Sun: “I moved to Istanbul as a nanny and found a job in Turkey.
“I moved in with a friend and was moaning about men and she introduced to me to someone.
“The first time I met him I went back and told my friend I thought he was gay. She told me it was just a different culture thing so I gave it a go.
“After that I again told my friend ‘he’s gay he was playing Spice Girls in the car’ but she said he wasn’t.”
After convincing herself to give the relationship a shot, Maisie ended up moving in with him.
But, even from the start of their romance, the mum said there were red flags.
“One thing that was weird is we never went on holiday on our own, there were always friends. When we went to Italy he brought his friend with him third wheeling,” she said.
“Even when we went to Greece he insisted we went to where my parents were. It was just a bit weird.
“He also loved to shop and was always buying me designer bags and shoes.”
ROMANTIC ‘BUSINESS TRIPS’
A major red flag was the amount of work getaways he went on with his boss – who was also married.
“He would go on business trips with his boss and there was one day he posted a picture of two whiskey glasses in the sunset,” explained Maisie.
“I thought it was a very couple thing to do. They would go on trips together all the time.
“I think they were just holidays because they were always over the weekend, and I would think to myself why would a business trip not be during the week.
“I got on with his boss quite well and he took us all skiing quite a few times but I hated it so I just stayed with the boss’ wife while they went off together.
“I think she knew what her husband was doing but didn’t care. I think she was in it for the money.”
Their sex-life was also disappointing, according to the former nanny, which raised doubts.
She said: “We did have sex but he was really vanilla and really boring.
“I bought us some sex toys and he said it was disgusting, he didn’t like talking about sex, it was very taboo for him.
“We did have sex but it wasn’t often and it wasn’t a lot. He wasn’t very adventurous in the bedroom which was annoying because I am.”
Despite their issues, Maisie insisted they were “bestfriends” and rarely argued.
Eventually Maisie wanted to move back to the UK and settle down, which prompted her boyfriend to propose- with the promise he would return to Britain with her.
The pair got married in Guildford, and he fed her a stream of lies about transferring his work over to The London Clinic.
The newlyweds also had a traditional wedding in Turkey with his family and friends a few months later.
I’ve never been that person to cause a scene in public but I lost it and threw my glass of red wine over his crisp white shirt and stormed out
Maisie
But soon after the lavish ceremony, Maisie started to worry he never had any real intentions of relocating.
Her fears were cemented two years later, when the couple were still making things work long distance.
“He was constantly fobbing me off. I got diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that was brought on by the stress of constant lies,” she explained.
“He kept trying to convince me he was coming over.
“In May he took me to Portugal for my birthday, and on the night of my birthday he took me to a curry house and I asked him ‘when are you going to come over?’
“He asked me why couldn’t we make it work with him living in Turkey and him sending me money, but I didn’t need him to provide for me.
“He said ‘but my boss needs me’, and I said ‘well it’s not like you’re f***ing your boss is it’.
“And his face just dropped and I said ‘are you actually serious you’re f***ing your boss’ and he just wouldn’t say anything.
“I’ve never been that person to cause a scene in public but I lost it and threw my glass of red wine over his crisp white shirt and stormed out.”
The following day they travelled home and shared an awkward car ride from the airport with Maisie’s mum.
“She asked how our holiday was and I said ‘well it turns out he’s gay and sh***ing his boss and we’re getting divorced’.
“He was so sheepish he wouldn’t say anything to my mum. He packed his things, and flew back to Istanbul the following day. I dropped him to the airport and that’s the last time I ever saw him.
“I sent him the divorce papers, and that all happened quite quickly. He didn’t contact me, didn’t apologise. He just signed the papers and sent them back.
“I blocked him on all social media and his number.
“I think he did it because in Turkey it’s a status thing and there are incentives to get married. I think he did it for his parents to prove he was settled.”
‘HEARTBROKEN’
Maisie told how the pair had enjoyed a happy relationship over the years and news of his cruel affair shattered her world.
“We had such a good friendship, we really got on well, we never argued. He was like my best friend,” she said.
“I cried for ages afterwards, I was heartbroken, beside myself. I just couldn’t understand how someone could deceive you in that way.
“He fooled everyone, even my parents. He told them how much he loved me.”
The mum believed he wanted to have a child with Maisie for appearances, while continuing to indulge in his true desires in Turkey.
After the heartbreak Maisie began dating a former friend, and later welcomed a child with him, although the pair later split up.
The mum now works in the adult entertainment industry.