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

Everyone assembled in Liam's office, and he instructed me to secure both my office door and his before we began. We settled into the leather sofas arranged in a circle, the atmosphere heavy with unspoken tension. Liam's jaw was set tight as he started speaking.


"What I'm about to share stays between us five. You're the only people in this company I can trust completely right now." His voice carried a weight I'd never heard before. "Six months ago, I started noticing discrepancies in our financial reports. Small things at first, but they didn't add up when I cross-referenced them with our accounting and commercial data. Damian and I have been quietly investigating, and after the last quarterly report, we're certain of one thing. Someone is systematically stealing from this company."


Chapter 25 - Underground Investigation