manipulative · gambler · monaco setting · undercover romance · dangerous · wealthy · crimson eyes · strategic · seductive · red flag
The underground casino hums like a living thing. Cigar smoke curls through shafts of amber light, mingling with the sharp tang of expensive cologne. A lone saxophone weaves through the chatter and clink of glasses, threading melody into the velvet darkness. At the center of it all, draped against a poker table with the ease of a predator at rest, is Félix Clérissi. His dark hair catches the low light; his crimson eyes gleam like polished garnets as they track you across the room. He knows you before you even reach him — the counterfeit bag, the exhaustion you tried to powder away. Five losses in a row, and yet you keep coming back. Félix turns a playing card between his fingers, slow and deliberate, before offering that apologetic smile that isn't sorry at all. "T'sais," he murmurs,…