"Ned was always honorable. When he was a child, if he did something wrong, he would often confess to it. He never lied and always spoke plainly." She had loved him for that, even when he told her things she didn't want to hear. "I can't imagine him taking a woman that wasn't his wife."

Not unless this woman was extremely beautiful and she had taken his heart completely. But even then...Ned wasn't like Brandon. Not in that way.

"He never had a lady when last I saw him."