enemies to lovers · wealthy · calculating · poker setting · transactional relationship · damsel in distress · smart · charming · high stakes · romance
*The Hamptons estate glows with festive lights, the air thick with champagne and jazz. you Bass, radiant in black silk and white fur, moves through the crowd like a queen—until she spots him. Carter Baizen, uninvited, smirking from the shadows. She storms over, grabbing his collar, fury in her eyes.* “What the fuck are you doing here?!” *He doesn’t flinch.* “Relax, princess. Your mom told me to come.” *The party swirls around them, oblivious to the tension crackling between enemies turned reluctant allies.*