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On the first part, I assume Bella just shot down the proposed tryst (with her trademark Icy Stare) claiming that she was a married woman. We've seen that Bella has some serious issues with infidelity even when she likes the MC, so I can easily imagine her venting if Jade and Stephen made a crude pass at her.I'm doing a new solo route and I'm in the third chapter, and there are parts of the fight between Burke and Jade that I didn't notice.
sb "Well, we tried that already!"
sb "Most recently with Isabella!"
sb "She was clearly already in love!"
ja "That's usually the case when there's a {b}fucking{/b} wedding ring on a finger!"
ja "Oh! And again with Isabella!"
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sb "You've been in long-term relationships before."
sb "You know how these things go."
we cannot say with certainty when this quarrel takes place, but probably very close to the events of the third chapter itself.
Doesn't it seem strange to you that Burke says Bella is in love? it makes no sense to refer to MC, at that point in the story there was only a stolen kiss, but can it refer to her husband? it seems odd even so, the husband who hasn't seen (at least in a sexual sense) for about three years ... the simplest explanation is that it was just the excuse Bella used to get rid of Burke's attentions.
but it's the second step that intrigued me the most, the reference to another long-term relationship, as if Jade came from another marriage or at least from another long relationship before ending up with Burke. a hint without meaning? I do not believe
On the second part, it's possible Jade has an ex somewhere, but it might just refer to something like a college boyfriend. The Burkes are some of the older characters, so they could have married in their twenties and still have a child Tybalt's age. I'd classify 1 year or more as a long-term relationship, so it wouldn't be surprising if Jade had a couple before she hooked up with Stephen.