Sorry to be the issuer of bad news, but there is your OW. My ex bestfriend was doing the whole talking to my husband to help him through his issues...blah blah blah. They are now together. They will never admit it is anything more than friends, but I would be willing to bet a million dollars that he wouldn't be comfortable telling you all the things they talk about. Which is what an EA is. They probably haven't slept together, but they are still emotionally involved with each other.
"It is excruciating pain. It is the pain of separation, the pain of loss, the pain of dreams and expectations unrealized. It is the loss and death of a mirage."
