Chapter 56

'You don't deny that you're having an affair with her, do you, Collins?' she scorned. 'Just how long has it been going on?' she queried lightly.

'I really don't see why--'

'I need to know?' she finished with sarcasm. 'Don't they say the wife is always the last to know? I just want to know how long people have been gossiping about my husband and his secretary.'

'I haven't been aware that anyone has,' he said with arrogance.

'Of course you haven't,' she snapped'. 'They gossip about you, not to you. How long have you been seeing Angela away from work?'

He seemed to hesitate, his eyes cold, then he nodded, shrugging. 'I slept with Angela for six months,' he stated distantly.

Jasmine didn't know why she was stunned by this admission, she had always known Collins was a highly sensual man that until their problems started they had known a very physical marriage. It had been almost a year since she had denied him access to her bed and her bo