Here’s the strange thing: work relationships between two people can be as intense, excluding and meaningful as any hot-blooded romance. Time spent together at work can be stimulating, funny and flirty and, because it feels so good, it often carries on in the pub after office hours. And that’s why I completely understand why you’re feeling a little paranoid.

Your partner and his work colleague are clearly close, so on some level you’re practically sharing him with another woman. However, here’s the reality check: you have absolutely no reason to suspect that this relationship is anything other than what it seems – a great friendship.

First off, I really doubt either of them would refer to the other as work husband or wife if they were actually having a secret affair.

Honest Boss: “Is it unreasonable to feel jealous of my partner’s ‘work wife’?”