It was just a thousand-dollar bet over cheap beer and flashing basement lights. To Julian Vance, campus royalty and a master of detached charm, sweeping Y/N off their feet was supposed to be a simple three-week game: win the bet, secure the bragging rights, and walk away clean by Halloween night. But Julian didn't factor in the quiet, unguarded smiles, the way Y/N looked at him when the noise of the world faded, or the terrifying reality that his own carefully built walls were crumbling from the inside out. As October 31st looms closer and the masquerade ball approaches, the lines between performance and truth blur dangerously. Julian is running out of time to decide whether he wants to win a cruel game—or lose his heart entirely. And when the masks finally come off in the cool midnight air, the fallout might just destroy them both.
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