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Chapter Fifty-six: cheated on me.
Author: Favour Usoro A.
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Bruce watched on as Jade laughed heartily with a man that was not him. She was on a date with a man that was not her husband.

"It's probably a misunderstanding," Bruce said, forcing a smile. "I'll just walk over to her and ask—"

Bryan tightened his grip on him. "Don't make that mistake. You'd only get looked down upon."

"Jade would never do that to me. I'm her husband and he is probably a business partner and—"

"Take a good look at them. Is that how business partners act around each other?"

Bruce looked back at the both of them. They were still laughing. The man Jade was with was showing her something on his phone which made the both of them laugh hard.

"The atmosphere around them is far too informal," Bryan pointed out and Bruce continued with forcing a smile.

"They must be really good friends." Bruce tried to pull himself from Bryan's grip. "I would just go over there and say hi. I'm sure Jade would introduce me as her husband."

"Even if she wasn't the one who implanted that conver
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