Isla Fox

Three years ago, Hazel Vance made a choice that changed everything. One night of passion with a mysterious stranger at a masquerade ball left her with more than just memories—it left her with a son whose rare violet-blue eyes are a constant reminder of the father she'll never find.

Now a struggling single mother, Hazel desperately needs the executive assistant position at Sterling Group. The salary could finally give her two-year-old Leo the life he deserves. But her new boss, CEO Liam Sterling, is nothing like she expected.

Demanding, brilliant, and devastatingly handsome, Liam has a reputation for being impossible to work for. Most assistants don't last a week. When Hazel refuses to be intimidated by his cold demeanor and sharp tongue, something shifts between them. The attraction is immediate and electric, crackling through every professional interaction.

But it's his eyes that stop her cold. The same striking violet-blue shade that stares back at her every morning when she looks at her son.

As the tension between them builds and the lines between professional and personal begin to blur, Hazel finds herself caught between her desperate need for this job and her growing attraction to the one man who could destroy everything she's worked for.

She doesn't know that Liam has been searching for the mysterious woman from the masquerade ball ever since that night changed him forever. And he has no idea that the composed, fiery assistant who challenges him at every turn is the same woman who haunts his dreams.

When the truth finally comes to light, will it bring them together or tear apart the fragile new life Hazel has built for herself and her son?

The CEO’s Masked Secret Wife

After everyone cleared out of my office, I seized the moment to handle some lingering calls and tackle paperwork that had been piling up. Time slipped away faster than I expected, and before I knew it, Damian appeared at my door, practically dragging me out for our lunch appointment.


On our way back, I made an impromptu decision to swing by the little bakery down the street. Hazel had seemed particularly stressed lately, and I figured a small gesture might help ease some of that tension. My curiosity about her son's father was eating at me, but I knew better than to push when she was already wound so tight.


When I returned to find her hunched over her desk, fingers flying across the keyboard, I couldn't help but smile. She looked up when I asked about her boy, and her entire face lit up as she told me he was doing wonderfully and chattering away as usual. That smile of hers could power half the city.


Chapter 29 - Chocolate and Desire