Egg Retrieval, A Doctor's Awkward Question

Synopsis

It was the day of my wife Jessica's egg retrieval for IVF. The doctor called me out into the hallway alone. "Did you two have sex last night?" he asked. I was totally stunned. Jessica and I had been sleeping in separate rooms for a month, just like the doctor told us. All for the sake of getting pregnant. We'd been popping pills, getting checked out, and trying every treatment under the sun. We'd been at this for three whole years. But the doctor looked me straight in the eye and told me, absolutely certain. The tests showed unmistakable traces. It was from last night. Back in the hospital room, Jessica was crying, accusing me of not trusting her. My resolve softened. I even started to wonder if the doctor had made a mistake. It wasn't until we got home that night. Jessica was taking a shower when her phone suddenly lit up. I glanced at it without really thinking. "Babe, how are you feeling today?" It was from a guy named Howard. My hand froze mid-air. My heart sank, slow and heavy. If he was just a friend, why was he calling her 'babe'? If the doctor wasn't wrong, so who was the man she was with last night? Who could it be?