THE Only Way Is Essex star Pete Wicks has revealed he got a tattoo in tribute to Chloe Sims as he finally tells her “I love you” in new scenes.
The reality TV star is set to unveil his ink as he takes former flame Chloe, 40, out for a special meal to celebrate her birthday in this weekend’s finale episode.
The 33-year-old can be seen showing off the ink as a declaration of love in the scenes from the new episode of Towie, exclusively obtained by The Celeb Report Online.
“I didn’t really know what get to you for your birthday either,” Pete tells Chloe – who it was revealed he had been secretly sleeping with for two years in 2020.
The scene shows him telling his on-off best friend that he wanted to do “something that would signify” how she was “irreplaceable” in his life.
“That’s a big word, Pete,” Chloe can be heard saying, to which he reassures her: “You are irreplaceable to me, so I might have got like a tattoo on my hand.”
Holding up his left wrist, Pete shows off the stunning tattoo which fits in between the already ink-covered skin on his arm, simply spelling out “Chloe”.
Covering her face with her hands, shocked mother-of-one Chloe gushes at the sight of it: “How have I not noticed that? Oh my god! That is so nice!”
Going on to declare his love, Pete tells her: “The point of that is, you do mean everything to me and for anyone else who feels like I don’t or for anyone you feel like I’ve not justified this to, I do love you to bits.”
His emotional speech proves too much for Chloe, who begins to cry as he concludes: “I do love you to bits, you know that – I would be lost without you.”
It comes after fans were left convinced that Chloe and Pete were still ‘friends with benefits’ after she told him she loved him.
The reality TV stars, who were in an on-off relationship, set tongues wagging with their flirting on last week’s episode of The Only Way Is Essex.
As they gathered for a night out with their pal Diags, they had a mutual appreciation moment when they told each other how they really felt.
Towie veteran said to Pete: “I love you.”
This did not go unnoticed by fans who commented too, with one Tweeting: “Chloe and Pete definitely friends with benefits.”
Chloe and Pete’s relationship status has been keeping fans on their toes ever since it was revealed last year that they’d secretly been sleeping together for two years.
Their on/ off romance met an upsetting end when Chloe was left hurt Pete had shared details of their antics.
The former best pals didn’t speak for months after their fallout, but reunited over the summer.
They’ve since set tongues wagging that they are back together as they are regularly seen cosying up – including a very sweet display at the National Television Awards.
However, they have insisted that they are just friends – though Chloe said she has “no regrets” about what happened between them in the past.
