On the day Eleanor is meant to marry Walter, he lets May tear up her papers and registers a marriage with her instead, claiming it is only to help her secure company housing. Humiliated yet clear-eyed, Eleanor calls Colonel Lucien Graves, who arrives in time to marry her for real. As Walter’s “temporary” lie unravels into scandal, forged documents, and May’s pregnancy, Eleanor reclaims her cottage, dignity, and future with Lucien. When one man treats marriage as a favor, can another make it a pr
