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

My hands trembled as Adrian pressed a crystal tumbler filled with amber cognac into my palm.


"Drink this. It will steady your nerves." Adrian's voice carried the weight of years of friendship as he reached for his phone. "Morris, cancel all of Liam's appointments for today. Thank you."


The line went dead with a sharp click. Adrian settled into the leather chair across from me, his own glass catching the afternoon light streaming through his office windows. We drank in silence until the alcohol burned away enough of my shock to find my voice.


"I destroyed everything, Adrian." The words felt like broken glass in my throat. "The one woman who could have been my salvation, and I drove her away. She looks at me now like I'm poison."


Adrian's eyes never left mine as he took another measured sip. "Since when does Liam Reed surrender after one rejection? That's not the man I know."


Chapter 48 - Friends and Strategy