I'm pinned against the wall in a shadowed hallway of a Monte Carlo ballroom as a masked stranger rubs his hand between my thighs, his touch stripping away every ounce of restraint I have left.

A Christmas Masquerade Ball that should've been harmless turns into a scandalous mix-up when our masks slip, revealing a case of mistaken identity -- fueled by sparkling tinsel and far too much champagne.

I brush it off as a mistake -- one I swear I'll never make again. Everything unravels the moment I learn the man who touched me in the dark is my boyfriend's potential client.

Adrien Beaumont is the 6'3" French billionaire media heir with salt-and-pepper hair and broad shoulders that test the seams of his custom tuxedo. His blue eyes are colder than an Arctic chill, yet his gaze burns through my veins. One glance between us, and the memory of his hands on my skin roars back to life.

Fate refuses to leave us alone, and every encounter strips away another layer of the man behind the mask. The more time we spend in each other's orbit, the more undeniable it becomes that what happened in that hallway was only the beginning. He isn't just a stranger in the dark. He's everything I've secretly wanted without ever admitting it.

His past casts long shadows. Stepping toward him feels dangerous... yet walking away feels impossible. This man with winter in his eyes and secrets in his voice has already undone me in ways I can't take back.

My life in New York waits for me -- steady, familiar, safe -- but every moment with him pulls me deeper into something far more intoxicating than any Christmas fantasy.

As Monte Carlo glows under the Christmas lights and midnight bells count down the days, I feel the truth settling in my chest: the real mistake wasn't kissing a stranger in the dark.

It was believing I could ever leave him behind.

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