Open Secrets: (Infidelity #5)

Maria From the outside, my life looks full, happy children, a thriving practice, and a husband everyone admires. But love stretched across deployments and silence doesn't survive untouched. Somewhere along the way, I stopped feeling chosen. Opening our marriage wasn't about wanting more. It was about not falling apart. I believed honesty would keep us safe. I was wrong. Because some freedoms only expose what's already broken. Lyle I gave everything to the Army, believing sacrifice was how you provide. Every missed moment felt justified, until it wasn't. When Maria suggested opening our marriage, I agreed out of fear, not desire. I thought permission would make it manageable. It didn't. Because losing her hurts more than any battlefield and love doesn't survive on duty alone.