'RHOC's Meghan Edmonds Admits Husband Jim Cheated: 'My Wedding Ring Symbolizes Fraud'

"I found out the same way you guys did, in the tabloids. I never left a voicemail for the other woman. I called Jimmy and he confessed to me that he had exchanged lewd photos with this woman over the course of several months and a physical relationship never existed. He paid her off to protect me so I'd never find out," Meghan claimed hours after Jim admitted to the extramarital affair.

"Regrettably, I had a lapse in judgment. I engaged in an inappropriate conversation with this person," Jim, 48, told Us Weekly on Thursday, June 13. "At no time was there any type of relationship or physical contact. Absolutely none. This is someone trying to profit from my name. I am aware she has done this to others in the past."

The retired baseball player, who shares three kids with Meghan, 34, said he never intended to destroy his family, and is doing what he can to fix the situation.

"Clearly, I made a very poor decision to expose myself and my family to this type of person. For this, I am truly sorry and sought forgiveness from my wife," he wrote in his statement. "I'm outraged over the intent to ruin my family and intend to take legal action. We were never having any problems in our marriage. My attorney is in possession of documents wherein this person has admitted fabricating large portions of her 'story.'"

Despite his admission, Meghan had harsh words about the state of their marriage.

"Do I believe him? I don't know. Because I don't trust him anymore. Physical or not, he still had an affair and he admits this to me," she slammed.

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"I refuse to be humiliated by this," Meghan said, but absolved herself of any blame for the affair that allegedly happened while she was giving birth to their twins. "Marriage is hard, we've been through our ups and downs, I've talked about it openly. A relationship takes two but it doesn't take two to cheat."

"I did nothing wrong, I don't deserve this," Meghan insisted. "I did nothing except be pregnant with our twins and try to have a healthy pregnancy. So what is so broken in him to propel him to do this to me? To us? It wasn't one mistake, one lapse in judgement. I saw the texts – each one represents his decision to throw our marriage in the trash. Why did he self-sabotage? And who sends nudies? Doesn't everyone know better than this in 2019? What drives someone to self-destruct in such a way?"

The ex RHOC star explained it wasn't about the money. "I don't care about my stupid massive house, I don't care about my new car, I don't care about my diamonds. What does any of that mean when I can't have the most basic needs met? It means nothing. Smoke and mirrors."

But it wasn't over. "I love him," she wrote. "How can I turn my feelings around so quickly? How can one person decide to utterly ruin me? It's not fair. I sob so much my face stings from the salt from my tears. I am exhausted. My poor kids aren't getting their devoted mother. And it's only been 36 hours."

The mother of three revealed a heartbreaking secret. "And all of this could not have come at a worse time. Again, something I wasn't ready to share but here I am sharing it: we are worried our son, Hart, might have a neurological disorder. It's been the most trying last couple months of my entire life and we still don't have answers."

Meghan revealed the depths of her sorrow. "Sometimes I leave the house after the kids go to bed so I can drive around and ugly cry in the dark with no one around. Now I have this to deal with: my one true love betraying me in the most disgusting and public way possible."

She was devastated and questioned Jim in her message. "I feel sad. Oh, do I feel so sad! I feel abandoned. Lonely. My best friend, my number one person has lied to me. Who is he? Do I even know?"

Meghan was furious with Jim for sending lewd photos to the alleged mistress. "In the days of digital media what are we if we don't have our reputation? Every job is dependent upon an unsoiled reputation. What was he thinking?"

Meghan vowed to stay strong and said she wasn't leaving Jim. "I am a victim, but I am not defined by this. I need space to heal. Ultimately, I have hope our marriage can recover."

She blamed only Jim for the situation. "I do not fault any other person except my husband. There are so many people out there with bad intentions and it's our responsibility to ignore and rise above. One slimy person doesn't make another person cheat. And there are a million more slimy people to take "slimy person #1's" place."

Meghan explained her difficult situation. "Marriage is a choice, every. damn. day. On the days I hate him, on the days I want to run from him, on the days I get approached by some hot dude on instagram luring me with trips or money or whatever the hell else the slimy people do. So yes, marriage is a choice on the bad days. And on the good days marriage is easy and beautiful. No one said it would be easy, I just didn't think it would be this hard."