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

I sat in the darkness of my apartment, unable to face the bed where Hazel and I had shared that incredible night. The memory felt like poison now, knowing it had all been an elaborate deception. The pain of her betrayal consumed me completely.


Seven years had passed since that night my parents died, since I swore off love after being abandoned. I had built walls around my heart, yet Hazel had somehow slipped through every defense. She hadn't asked for permission to enter my life. She simply arrived and claimed every corner of my soul. And now I realized she was the serpent who had struck at my most vulnerable moment.


This morning I had been in paradise. Then the hacker's call shattered everything. When he told us that only Damian, Evelyn, and I should come because he knew where the leak originated, Hazel's face never crossed my mind. The revelation hit like a physical blow.


Chapter 41 - Darkness and Doubt