Beneath Velvet and Vice
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Ongoing3h 50m
Last published Tue, Oct 28, 2025
Two names. Two legacies. One rule: Stay away from each other.
Adrian Lancaster is cold, calculated, and crafted for power-heir to a billion-dollar banking empire with a heart buried under expectation and polish.
Colton Devereux is chaos in designer shoes-Hollywood royalty with too many headlines, too much charm, and nothing to lose.
Their families have been enemies for generations. Their lives are built on silence, control, and keeping up appearances. But when fate traps them under the same gilded roof, their world of velvet luxury and vice-ridden lies starts to unravel.
What begins with glances turns to words. What should've stayed hatred starts to burn.
And in a world where reputation is everything, falling for the wrong boy could cost them everything.
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