GRIM-faced Little Mix star Perrie Edwards looked deep in thought yesterday following a tense showdown with cheating Zayn Malik.
The purple-haired singer seemed shell-shocked after The Sun’s revelation that her One Direction boyfriend had romped with waitress Courtney Webb.
Zayn, 20, flew back to Britain from a French music awards within hours of our exposé.
And yesterday morning he headed for a hotel in Nottingham where Perrie and the rest of Little Mix were staying before a gig in the city tonight.
Perrie did not breakfast with other guests, eating alone in her room.
But she agreed to meet with Zayn to talk about saving their romance. The couple emerged from the hotel just after midday — looking extremely tense.
Zayn puffed on a cigarette before climbing into a cab with Perrie, 19.
As the car pulled away she avoided looking at him by applying make-up.
The couple refused to say if they had patched things up.
But a source predicted she would give him the benefit of the doubt. The source said: “Perrie’s still deeply in love with Zayn. She’s very unlikely to end the relationship after this episode.
“The fact that they are physically together speaks volumes.
“It looks like she’s willing to give him a second chance.
“Her friends and bandmates know she’s head-over-heels in love with him. But she’ll certainly be keeping a closer eye on him after this incident.”
Zayn bedded Aussie Courtney, 21, at his North London home while Perrie was rehearsing with Little Mix.
The Sun told yesterday how they had sex beneath a portrait of Perrie after Zayn claimed he was single.
Courtney said a mutual friend had introduced them. But she said she only realised he had a girlfriend when she saw Perrie’s fake eyelashes and make-up lying around.
Courtney claimed Zayn told her: “Don’t worry about her, she’s on tour.”
She was so angry that she secretly took pictures of Zayn, who has distinctive tattoos, lying asleep next to her in bed.
She said: “He’s an absolute s**t. How dare he — not only to me but to Perrie?”
Zayn and Perrie met on The X Factor in 2011 and have been dating for around a year.
One Direction fans, known as Directioners, yesterday went on Twitter to vent their fury over Courtney’s revelation. One fan called Isobel Box wrote: “Courtney Webb... we will find you and kill you.”
Another wrote: “Courtney Webb needs to get hit upside the head with a baseball bat. Perrie is Zayn’s. Stupid whore.”
An angry Tweeter called Elena added: “Courtney Webb I will hunt you down.”
But Courtney was unmoved by the abuse.
She said: “I’m not bothered about what the Directioners or anyone else has to say about me.
“I know the truth of what happened with Zayn and have plenty of proof.
“At the end of the day, he shouldn’t have cheated.”
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