A luxury condo closing on the Southwest Waterfront should be routine, but the buyer is a shell company tied to an offshore ledger—and to Ava’s past. She’s the real-estate closer everyone trusts; he’s a childhood friend turned financial fixer. When a missing wire traps millions in limbo, their reunion turns into a race across The Wharf, Navy Yard, and the Anacostia Riverwalk to prove who’s scamming whom. In DC, love is a contract with hidden clauses.