Joseph Thompson reached out and gently touched her before quickly withdrawing his hand, not giving Hannah Taylor a chance to grip it tightly. His gaze didn't linger on her face for even half a second.
"Wife, get in the car," Joseph helped Jaylene Ziel open the passenger door, very gentlemanly inviting her into the car.
Wife? Hannah Taylor was once again wide-eyed, doubting her own ears. The handsome, fashionable man actually referred to Jaylene Ziel as his wife?
However, in today's society, as described in a New Year's comedy sketch, not all couples necessarily live together, and those who live together aren't necessarily couples.
By extension, a real husband and wife might not refer to each other as such, while cohabiting couples, or those who live together before marriage, might call each other husband and wife quite happily.
