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

On Monday morning, we dropped Leo off at daycare together. I made sure to update his information, adding Liam as an authorized pickup person. The staff smiled warmly as they watched us together, clearly pleased to see Leo with both parents.


At the office, Liam kept steering me toward his executive suite instead of my own workspace.


"Liam, you're going the wrong way. My office is over there," I pointed out with amusement.


He stopped abruptly, running a hand through his hair. "Right. Sorry, I keep forgetting we don't share the same space yet."


I spotted Owen emerging from my office, grinning like he'd won the lottery.


"Well, well, if it isn't the power couple of the century!" Owen called out cheerfully. "Don't worry about me cramping your style anymore. I've moved back to work with my original boss. Sitting out front listening to you two was becoming torture."


Heat flooded my cheeks. "Owen, we never..."


Chapter 157 - Kidnapped