A spiked drink binds an artist and a hockey player in a fake romance bet.
Artist Evelyn consumes a tampered beverage intended for arrogant hockey player Julian, triggering a high-stakes wager that requires them to maintain a fabricated relationship. The arrangement demands staged affection and joint public appearances, pulling her into constant proximity with the athlete she secretly admired two years earlier. She believed those feelings had vanished, yet the enforced intimacy systematically dismantles her resolve, dragging the dormant attraction back to the surface as the pretense grows increasingly difficult to distinguish from reality.
Elements
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university campus
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fake dating partners
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suppressed romantic feelings
Suited to
Readers who enjoy campus enemies-to-lovers stories driven by forced proximity and fake dating tropes.
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