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As the hours passed and his wife continued to delay returning home, a sense of unease enveloped him. After several failed attempts to contact her, he decided to take the bold step of checking her phone records—a line he had never crossed before. The fact that he felt compelled to do so was alarming in itself, yet what he found was beyond comprehension.
Over the past three months, his wife had been engrossed in daily communication with an unfamiliar number, sending hundreds of messages. The evidence mounted as the realization hit him: his wife was engaged in an emotional affair. Yet, this term hardly encapsulated the profound betrayal that awaited him.