I was afraid of this happening. Now she has put her feelings out there. I will be surprised if she sticks to not contacting you again. Why would she keep her feelings for you bottled up all these years........to reveal them now, and then agree to NC? She has been checking you out since she first learned of your S. It has been building up to this point. P If you want your life to get more confusing and frustrated than it is already......you just keep responding to her. You cannot have both women, HP. You need to decide now if you really are going to cut her out of your life once and for all. You cannot be friends with an AP. Surely you have seen that with your own W's affair.
OW is not your escape.
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!