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🌙 Introduction
The rain slicked streets of Arden City gleamed like spilled mercury beneath the neon signs.
Camille Reyes, with her crimson umbrella and a smile sharpened by too many secrets, had always been good at hiding the trail of broken hearts she left behind. Tonight was supposed to be another flawless escape.
Until she locked eyes with Lian Cruz.
Lian wasn't loud. He didn't need to be. A quiet confidence wrapped him like a tailored suit, and behind the calm in those storm-grey eyes lingered something far more dangerous than anger: recognition.
Because Lian knew the game-every move, every lie, every late-night excuse. He had played it longer, and better.
Around them, the city throbbed with jazz and distant sirens, but the air between them tightened like a wire.
Two players, both masters of deception, finally standing on the same board.
And for the first time, Camille wondered if she had just met a man who could out-cheat a cheater