TOWIE’S Chloe Sims continued to fuel romance rumours with Pete Wicks as she posed for a very cosy snap to celebrate his birthday.
Wearing a glamorous white dress, Chloe, 40, placed her hands against suited Pete’s chest and leaned in for the picture.
She wrote on Instagram: “Pete’s birthday in the morning 
.
“Of course @p_wicks01 has profusely told me im not allowed to post or announce this little fact.. but here I am 
announcing… HAPPY PRE BIRTHDAY PETE 
.”
Pete responded with an exasperated “FFS” before adding love heart and blowing kisses emojis.
Chloe’s followers were desperate for the pair to hook up.
One said: “This melts my heart come on Pete please realise that this is the woman you need to marry and have little pirates with 
.”
Another posted: “hilarious go Chloe you know you should be together Pete.”
A third said: “I just want to see you two get married.”
Just weeks ago Chloe admitted she loves and has no regrets over their romance in a fan Q&A.
Last year viewers of the ITV2 show were left shocked when the pair revealed they had been having an on-and-off relationship for two years.
Shortly after, the two stopped talking after an explosive bust-up but they are now finally pals again.
And fans are interested to know if Chloe feels like she would have done anything differently.
One intrigued follower asked: “Do you have any regrets between what happened in the past with you and Pete?xx.”
Chloe explained: “No I don’t because although it ended in years on the show, we had so many good times.
“Unfortunately you guys just didn’t see them.
“We always sort it out in the end & we love each other x.”
Another wanted to know if fans will see more of the pair together Towie.
The star replied: “Yes we’ve filmed together lots x.”
In September the pair were seen leaving the National Television Awards arm in arm, sparking speculation they might be giving things another go.
But Pete, 32, has insisted that the pair are just “friends” and said that their romantic relationship is “in the past”.
Speaking exclusively to The Celeb Report, he said: “We are good as gold. We have been doing some filming together.
“I love filming with Chloe and Diags because we all have such a good laugh.
“Things are all good. We have known each other so long and we have been through so much so it is nice that we are back to having fun and being pals.
“There is no awkwardness. Chloe is amazing. She is one of the closest people to me other than Lockie.
“So it is great when me and her can spend time together and have fun,” he added.”
Reflecting on their past, Pete added: “You have to take every day as it comes. We had a break from each other which was needed.
“What happened was in the past. We are both over the situation. The foundation of me and Chloe is that we were such good friends.
“We are friends. I am not going to speculate about this, that and the other because speculation gets you in trouble,” he continued.
“We are friends and I am really happy that we are friends.”
In October 2020 the two revealed that they had been secretly seeing each other for two years.
Their romance came to a head last year in upsetting scenes and fans will no doubt be rooting for Chloe to get her happy ever after.
Pete told Chloe at the time: “I can’t be in a relationship, I can’t give you what you want and I can’t give you what you deserve and I know that.”
