He’s basically telling you I’m hurting you, sorry, but I’m still going to continue with the affair.
It’s his way of keeping you on the hook. He needs his plan B there .
Things could be rocky woth his affair partner and she might dump him.
Do you want to be the back up? Or do you want to be number one?
If that ever did happen, where his OW dumps him and he comes crawling back, that door shouldn’t be wide open. Else you’ll most likely go through this a second time .
Keep the course. Don’t be sucked in by words that have no action.