An Affair
Examples
An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.
A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her imagination, and then they both speak of it as an affair of 'the heart.
Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.
If Lincoln had an affair with a slave woman, it would be an outrage, but when Clinton does it with one of his staff, everyone is okay with it.
An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.
So here, at Arsenal, we are often surprised when we are shown some of the newspapers, and at the bottom of an article there is a line saying if you know of anyone who had an affair with a player, call this number. It is very strange to us.