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Gary shook his head seriously. "No, do you think that I would not have told you about it I did have a girlfriend?" Gary asked me, a bit of annoyance in his voice. I felt a bit guilty questioning him like this. For all I knew, I could be wrong. But I refused to back down. It was better for me to be wrong than for me to find out later on that he had indeed been cheating on me. I would not let a man walk all over me like that. "Really?" I edged him on. "Of course yes, I did have a girlfriend but we broke up a few months before we met. She left me for some richer guy" Gary said, annoyed. I chuckled lightly. I did not blame the so-called girlfriend for leaving. Everyone wanted to move up in life. If she found someone better, then it was only right that she should take it. "Then let me get straight to the point, Gary. Are you cheating on me?" I asked. I stared at Gary directly when I asked him this, and for the next few seconds, we were locked in a stare, either one of us not backing down. Gary finally scoffed and looked away from me. "I can't....I can't believe that you would think this way about me! You really think that I am cheating on you?" He snapped at me. "There is no need for you to raise your voice at me," I said calmly. "Well, if you really want to know, I am not cheating on you. I have never looked at another woman ever since we got married. I know how much I have to lose if I mess up so I won't do something so foolish!" Gary assured me. I still did not completely trust his words. He was a man. Why should I trust a man so blindly? "Well, I hope for your own sake that you are telling me the truth. I won't forgive you if you are lying to me!" I said firmly. "You know, your life would be so much easier if you trusted