Lesbian couple who divorced after one had an affair have remarried -this time as husband and wife

Jewls Peart-Watson, 42, from Alfreton, discovered that her then-wife had been doing the dirty with a work colleague while transitioning to be a man.

After months of lies, supportive Jewls discovered the affair after noticing changes to their joint phone bill, suspicious texts and 'dodgy' behaviour.

She broke off their marriage after confronting partner, Brandon Peart-Watson, 52, formerly Ilana, who finally admitted the truth in November 2017.

Despite the split, the pair remained close and Jewls and Brandon, who works as a handyman, have now re-married at an intimate ceremony in Llandrindod Wells, Wales.

Jewls, an export administrator, said: ''The affair was just awful, I thought I'd never trust again.

''There were so many clues that something was going on...

''But we had such a close, honest relationship that I just ignored the warning signs.

''But when I found texts, and then the phone bill and the fact that he was acting weird and cold around me - I finally started to really suspect something.

''To top it all off Brandon had started the process to transition to being a man so we had all that to contend with as well.

''After denying it for weeks he finally told me the truth, he broke down.

''I even confronted the colleague he had been with and found out he'd been telling us both a pack of lies.

''That really hurt and I knew we had to call it quits.

''I never ever thought we'd get back together, but we were just drawn back to each other.

''I've forgiven him and we're more in love than ever.

''Our second wedding day was everything I've ever dreamed of, honestly it was so beautiful!''

The pair met online in April 2012 and spoke every day for four months before meeting face to face.

They quickly fell in love, but had limited contact as Jewls was living in Germany at the time.

Just four months later, after growing sick of the long distance relationship, she made the move to Pembrokeshire in Wales to be with Brandon.

Brandon admitted to Jewls early on in the relationship that he felt he had been born in the wrong body and she supported his decision to transition.

They first married in April 2013 and were 'blissfully happy' until 2016 when Brandon's mum died after a battle with dementia.

Jewls said: ''It was very hard for him. He lost his job around the same time too.

''It put a strain on us but I really wanted to help him.

''After a while I started to notice how distant and aggressive he was - although he kept saying he was fine.

''Then out of the blue I got a message from a woman he worked with - a woman I knew he had been texting quite a bit - who was calling me a 'bad wife' and things like that.

''I was astonished to be honest. I had a gut feeling something wasn't right, but when I confronted Brandon he said that she was having a hard time and not to worry about it.

''I trusted him and so I believed him 100%.

''I feel so naive now to say that but I really did.

''But then a few weeks later he didn't come home one night and kept making up excuses when I called him.

''But stupidly someone had tagged him in some pictures on Facebook and I saw that he was at a house party.

''In the end I had to go and collect him as his lift home had crashed their car.

''The colleague was there when I got there and she started screaming at me in the street.

''Brandon just said nothing, I knew then that something was seriously wrong.

''Later that night he finally admitted that they had been having an affair behind my back.

''I felt so sad, the person I had trusted the most had betrayed me.

''Nothing made sense.''

In November 2017 the pair were granted their divorce and went their separate ways, but they stayed in touch as Jewls was keen to continue to support Brandon's transition.

He had started hormone injections in January 2017 - just months before his affair.

Jewls moved to Derbyshire and formed a new relationship which she describes as 'horrendous'.

After that came to an abrupt end, in June 2018, Jewls found herself without anywhere to live and Brandon came to the rescue.

''Brandon and I had always stayed close, I had wanted to be there for his transitioning,'' she said.

''I realised I was still in love with him - we both still had feelings but we knew it would be hard going.

''You can't just forget about all the pain.

''We were just friends for about a year.

In August 2019 they officially got back together and Brandon moved up to Derbyshire to be with Jewls.

He re-proposed in December 2019 and the lovebirds have now married for the second time, in a gorgeous white wedding in the Welsh countryside.

Brandon, who had a breast removal operation in 2019, is now planning a hysterectomy and is also keen to have sex reassignment surgery.

Jewls said: ''We had couples therapy before we got back together as we knew there were still issues to work out.

''It was tough but we made it and now we're stronger than ever.

''We've been through so much together with the cheating, family deaths and the transitioning.

''I don't care what sex Brandon is, I love who he is inside.

Jewls has even written a fictional book based about her relationship experiences, called The Colours Of My Rainbow, detailing her search for love over a few decades.

It is availbel from amazon.