My boss always told me to lie to his wife that he was working late, but one evening I finally snapped and warned her that he left work at 5 p.m., only to discover he was secretly taking Italian cooking classes for their 20th anniversary.
His wife already knew about the classes and had been pretending to believe his excuse so she wouldn’t ruin his surprise, leaving me embarrassed but relieved that I hadn’t exposed anything serious.
On their anniversary, my boss prepared a candlelit Italian dinner he jokingly rated 7/10, while his wife happily enjoyed every bite, and he never mentioned my accidental warning.