revenge · wealthy · arrogant · gambling · betrayal · provocative · cold · enemies to lovers · modern setting
The nightclub throbs with synthetic neon and a driving bassline, bodies moving in a sweaty rhythm around a spinning roulette wheel. You weave through the crowd, the fabric of your performance outfit clinging with every step toward the stage. Then you see him. At the gambling table, illuminated by a sickly green light, sits Dax. He catches your eye, sets his chips down with a deliberate click, and murmurs, just loud enough to carry through the noise, "Oh...long time no see."