Thomas Thorpe

Thomas Thorpe, (b. 13th September 1957) was the son of Allison and Patrick Thorpe. Thomas's wife, Lillian died in childbirth with their only child, Jarrod.

Thomas worked in business, owning several businesses. He had an affair with a close friend and business partner, Alistair Peters's wife, Lauren. They had a son, Ayden together. Their affair was exposed in 2015.

Affair
Thomas and Lauren Peters had an affair. Lauren was suffering from Postnatal Depression following the birth of her son, Landon. They developed a friendship, drinking coffee together in her kitchen. Then a year into their friendship, Lauren invited him round for dinner while her husband was out of town on business. She kissed him after having had too much to drink. He pulled back because of his friendship with her husband, Alistair.

They stopped meeting for a time but eventually started up again, trying to keep things platonic. When Lauren's son, Landon was six and she had recently had her daughter, Melody, she had a miscarriage and her husband was in the City, while Lauren was in Surrey. Instead of calling her husband, she called Thomas and he held her as she cried herself to sleep. The next day she kissed him again, but this time he didn't stop her.

Together, they conceived a son, Ayden. Ayden was raised by Alistair as his own son but when Alistair learnt about the affair in 2015, he insisted on a DNA test and learnt that he wasn't Ayden's father. He continued to treat Ayden the same way, however, until he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.

Lauren Peters
Thomas and Lauren had an affair. Although they are no longer together, he still loves her.

Broken Rules
Thomas is first mentioned in Chapter Eight when Lauren Peters tells her son, Landon about their affair.