An heiress from the Big Apple revealed in her new book how her two-decade marriage with her hedge fund executive husband imploded when she received a call from a stranger claiming he was having an affair.

Flobelle “Belle” Fairbanks Burden, the granddaughter of legendary New York socialite Babe Paley, initially declined the phone call from an unknown number, she revealed in the excerpt from her upcoming book “Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage,” which was published by the Times of London.

“I’m trying to reach Belle. I’m sorry to tell you this, but your husband is having an affair with my wife,” the shocking voicemail said.

At the time, in March 2020, the couple and their two youngest children had gone to quarantine at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic at their $7.5 million second home in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, when her husband Henry Davis’ hedge fund and Burden’s legal job had gone remote.

Henry Davis and Bell Davis attending the New Yorkers for Children Fall 2008 Gala.
Henry Davis (left) reportedly cheated on his wife of 21 years, heiress Flobelle “Belle” Fairbanks Burden (right).Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
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Burden, 56, confronted Davis, 60, about the reported infidelity, at which point he allegedly admitted to the relationship with a far younger woman he met through work.

Davis allegedly insisted he was “embarrassed” about the affair and said it had only been going on for “a few weeks,” adding that it was “over” now, Burden wrote.

The mistress reportedly tried to take her own life when the relationship was exposed, Burden said, quoting a message apparently sent by the jilted husband.

Flobelle 'Belle' Fairbanks Burden and her son Finn with their dog in front of their Martha's Vineyard home.
The family were quarantining at their Martha’s Vineyard home when she learned of the affair.Belle Burden/Instagram
Aerial view of a multi-building residential property on Martha's Vineyard.
Davis reportedly said he didn’t want the family’s Martha’s Vineyard home or their New York apartment.Google Maps

“I think a month,” the mistress’s husband wrote, in response to a text Burden sent asking about the duration of the affair.

“But I can’t text because my wife has tried to kill herself. She’s in an ambulance,” the text continued.

The next day, Davis told Burden that he wanted a divorce, reportedly leaving without saying goodbye to his children, later calling to offer a chillingly cold end to the marriage.

“I thought I was happy but I’m not. I thought I wanted our life but I don’t,” Davis reportedly told Burden. “I feel like a switch has flipped. I’m done.”

“You can have the [Martha’s Vineyard] house and the [New York] apartment. You can have custody of the kids. I don’t want it. I don’t want any of it,” he reportedly added.

Burden said she never got an adequate explanation from Davis as to why their marriage of 21 years had come to such an abrupt end, and he then reportedly stopped taking her calls.

“I’ll answer what I want, when I want. I’ll speak when I want. I’ll decide when I want,” Davis reportedly texted Burden.

Babe Paley in an off-the-shoulder gown, opera gloves, and a long pendant necklace.
Burden is the granddaughter of New York socialite Babe Paley.Bettmann Archive

Davis’ family, after initially speaking with Burden, also suddenly cut her off, saying they needed to support him, according to the memoir.

Today, almost five years later, Burden claims Davis sees the couple’s three children only occasionally for dinners and tennis matches, but has not been involved in co-parenting.

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“There have been no handovers or holidays since the day he left,” Burden wrote, adding that she doesn’t know whether Davis is still with his mistress or whether he had any other affairs over the course of their marriage.

Davis did not respond immediately to requests for comment.