I Was in a 5-Year Affair

Here's What It Taught Me About Emotional Intimacy and Healing After Heartbreak

What happens when the love that changes you… isn’t one you’re allowed to claim?

This is where The Scarlet Edit begins.
No shame. No spin. Just the truth - about the kind of love that doesn’t fit the story you were supposed to live.

In this premiere episode, I tell my story.
A five-year relationship with a married man.
How it started. How it unfolded. Why I stayed. And what it means to carry a love that the world refuses to respect.

We talk about:

  • Falling for someone who was never fully “mine”

  • The emotional complexity of being “the other woman” — without losing your sense of self

  • The rules we break, the ones we keep, and the ones we never agreed to in the first place

This is for the women living in the gray.
For anyone who has loved in secret.
For the ones still rewriting their own love story — even if it doesn’t come with closure or applause.

🎧 Listen to Episode 1 now

The Scarlet Edit is about what really happens behind the relationships we don’t talk about.
Divorce. Affairs. Situationships.
And all the unspoken stuff in between.

If you're here, you’re in the right place.

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Nikki Corbett

About the Author

Nikki Corbett is the host and creator of The Scarlet Edit, a podcast about infidelity, divorce, and starting over. She was the other woman for five years and writes from inside the experiences most people only talk about from the outside. Nikki is a coach working with women rebuilding self-worth after affairs, divorce, and toxic relationships, and she speaks on modern relationships, the other woman experience, and choosing yourself without apology.

https://nikki-corbett.com
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