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secret lover

noun

: a person's lover that no one else knows about

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When her secret lover Jason (Andrew Koji) is assassinated, her spymaster, the enigmatic Reed (Lancashire), calls in Helen’s old friend Sam (Whishaw) to keep her safe. Peter White, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2025 Early in season 1, Helen teams with her pal Sam (Ben Whishaw), a hitman and fixer, to help discover who murdered Jason (Andrew Koji), her secret lover. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Nov. 2025 Robertas Petraitis, known from Lithuania’s 2026 Oscar contender The Southern Chronicles, stars as Andrius, who is full of grief and guilt after a masked intruder kills his secret lover Deividas (Elvinas Juodkazis), who is Lithuania’s most influential human rights activist. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025 Kate's secret lover — tells her that the Russians found the sub and took the Poseidon. Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 In the July 27 episode, tragedy struck New York City as John Adams (Claybourne Elder), the secret lover of Oscar (Blake Ritson), died after being hit by a carriage on the street. Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 28 July 2025 Not long after, Blanca, the daughters, and Abel—Nicolás’ piano student and secret lover—found his lifeless body in the farm’s lake. Time, 18 July 2025 Daily Horoscope for June 13, 2025 Miss Manners: My secret lover died, and the family has been making pointed inquiries about me Daily Horoscope for June 12, 2025 My own MIL was very passive-aggressive in a similar way. Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025 Appearing in his second Saturday Night Live-adjacent film after Wayne's World, Lowe played the villainous Paul Barrish, Tommy's older stepbrother, who plots to take over his father's company with help from his secret lover, partner-in-crime, and pretend mother, Beverly (played by Bo Derek). Mike Miller, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025

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“Secret lover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20lover. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.

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