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> His wife left him. Clearly she had ended the relationship with her husband/the boss-man. She moved on to a relationship with this employee.

This order of events is incorrect from the OP.

> Recently, I found out that one of my employees has been having an affair with my wife. ... My wife has since left me.

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It is undermined not incorrect.

His wife may have already told him it was over years ago and she literally left after the event. Or perhaps the event caused the divorce. Either way it is an 'affair' from his perspective.

Many people live together for years after it is clearly a failed marriage.

I was also not stating the order of the events, rather the facts of the events. The order is of little importance here. She has left him for this other man. That is her choice to make.

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