LISA

Lisa on Facebook. She said: “We spoke for hours on the phone. I found Steve had started seeing her near the end of our relationship. He was on Tinder while he was with me.

“He and Lisa had a very intimate relationship while he made me feel I was the love of his life. I was totally disgusted.”

What neither of them knew was Steve was also wooing Jess. In a newspaper interview about the romance last month, Jess gushed: “I was attracted to his dark brown eyes. It was only once I saw we’d matched I looked at his profile and saw he lived 10,655 miles away.”

Jess said she and Collins – who told her he had been single six months – started chatting on Whatsapp and talked on Skype for up to six hours at a time. She said: “Our chemistry was amazing. We both admitted we loved each other.” In March, Jess forked out £500 for a week of passion in Dubai, even getting matching mandala tattoos.

TEARS

But when Collins got home, Bel says he continued to text her, asking her to meet up. She ignored him – then read about him and Jess. Bel said: “I was in tears. Hearing about him going from woman to woman was awful. I want Jess to know what kind of person he is.”

Lisa added: “Steve lied to me the whole three months we dated. He led me on.” The two women arranged to meet at one of his DJ gigs. Bel said: “We hugged each other then walked to his booth. He ignored us. But for the first time I felt he had no control over me. Having Lisa by my side I felt free of him.”

Lisa added: “I was hurting, but Bel and I have supported each other. We’ve become really close friends.”

On Friday Jess said: “He can do what he likes while I’m here. I’m not really too bothered to be honest. I have known some of the stuff you have told me. I’m not completely blind to this.”

Asked whether it will change things with Collins, she said: “We’ll see.”

Collins said last night: “Bel and I were together about three years and we separated three times. During our separation, I was seeing Lisa and Bel was seeing a New Zealand man. Bel and I started talking again so I decided to end it with Lisa, but the problems between Bel and I were insurmountable and we separated. Jess and I are happily committed and looking forward to our future together.”

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