history: Many years ago, my ex-wife and I were having marriage problems.  I was away for training, and one of my friends who went with me and I became very close, but nothing ever happened. A while back_comma_ my ex-wife and I were having marriage problems.  To make things worse_comma_ my work sent another woman and I away for training for a few months. Sometimes destiny has strange ways of manifesting itself.
current: I wouldn't call it destiny at all.  The whole time I was away, my wife thought I might had used this as an opportunity to have an affair since that other woman and I were close, but we didn't.
next: Try to conquer your wife again, it's never too late for a second chance, the love of our lives makes it worth the effort.