A Marriage With No Heart

A long dining table with one place setting at the end nearest the kitchen door.

Dinner was at eight, and the table could have seated twenty.

There was one place setting, at the end nearest the kitchen door.

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.