*Josie* The only thing I have ever lied to my husband about is that blasted kiss in the garden. Why had he brought it up tonight? Had Ethan confessed when they were trekking through the wilderness? Avoiding my gaze in the mirror as Torrie braids my hair, I can’t imagine that he had. While it might have caused a rift between me and Nathan, it would have caused a greater one between Nathan and Ethan. Ethan had to know that. It is the reason he had not contradicted my lie that awful night. I do not like thinking about that kiss. It had been my first, and the wonder of it had taken me by surprise. It left me wanting another. Later, when Nathan first kissed me, I had been disappointed that his mouth was not as hungry, as demanding, as raw with need. Because I was dear to him, he had held himse

