CHRISTMAS CONTRACT 

Angel Carter is the embodiment of disciplined academic focus. A severely overworked college senior, she dedicates her energy to maintaining her full-ride scholarship, juggling a demanding course load in pre-law, and managing her part-time job—all while desperately trying to avoid one person: Saint “Jamie” Monroe.

Saint is a campus king. He is the arrogantly charismatic captain of the university's Division I basketball team and a formidable, legacy member of the elite Omega Psi Phi fraternity. Their history is a painful, unresolved wound; they were once inseparable, a classic high school sweetheart pairing destined for a shared future. Their once unbreakable bond was violently fractured two years ago, the moment Saint chose to pledge Omega Psi Phi. In his pursuit of status, "legacy," and the approval of his powerful family, he systematically iced Angel out, prioritizing the exclusive, demanding world of his brotherhood over their deep emotional connection. The pain of his abandonment fueled Angel's current, stoic isolation.

Now, with two weeks until Christmas break, Saint finds himself in a desperate, high-stakes bind. He absolutely must secure a date for the prestigious Omega Psi Phi Holiday Gala, a black-tie event that is far more than a simple dance—it is an unofficial, yet crucial, inspection by the Monroe family patriarchs.

The stakes couldn't be higher for Saint: impressing the family patriarchs, disproving his older, high achieving brother, Savior, and making his glamorous, fiercely status-conscious ex-girlfriend, Tiffany Valdez jealous. Saint realizes the only person who can pull off this demanding role—the person who knows him best and holds the kind of effortless dignity that can impress his entire world—is the one person he hurt the most: Angel Carter. Their forced reunion forces them to confront the spectacular implosion of their past, leaving Angel to decide if she can risk her carefully constructed peace to help the man who shattered her heart achieve his ultimate, self-serving goal.