A Marriage With No Heart

Thea looks toward the window, her expression unreadable.

She would not call it hope. Hope asked for more than it paid back.

This was arithmetic, and she was good at arithmetic.

Some part of her wanted something she had no name for. She left it unnamed.

A Marriage With No Heart

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“No love,” he says. “No lies,” I answer. Thea Bennett needs to keep her mother’s care running. Warren Shaw needs a wife before a family vote. His offer is exact: a private marriage, a no-love clause, and enough money to make her safe. Thea signs with her eyes open. She keeps her job, her room, and her rules. Warren keeps the power. The marriage is real in law and empty in private. Thea tells herself safety is enough. She does not ask for love. She is less sure she can live without it.