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

Chapter 174 - Marriage Proposal and Wedding Plans


After the medical team departed, I gathered Hazel into my arms, pressing my lips to our son's forehead as he rested against her chest. Relief flooded through me as I held them both, my heart finally settling after days of torment. Never again would I allow them to slip from my grasp.


"My beautiful angel, you cannot fathom the agony I endured these past forty-eight hours. Knowing my entire world was trapped in the clutches of those deranged monsters nearly destroyed me completely. The terror consumed every fiber of my being, eating me alive with the possibility of losing everything that matters," I whispered against her hair, intertwining our fingers as we found ourselves alone at last.


"I descended into madness the moment we realized they had stolen our precious boy," Hazel's voice trembled, tears threatening to spill from her luminous eyes.
