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?

My phone buzzed with Levi's text saying he was downstairs waiting. I grabbed my clutch, kissed Tommy goodnight, and said goodbye to Miranda and Chl before heading down.


The moment I stepped outside, I saw Levi lounging against his sleek black car, that devastating smile already spreading across his face. Dear God, why did this man have to be so ridiculously attractive? I was completely torn up about Liam, heartbroken over losing him, but Levi was dangerous in an entirely different way. He radiated this raw magnetism that made my pulse race. Everything about him screamed temptation - the way his cologne wrapped around me, how his clothes fit his lean frame perfectly, that confident swagger that could make any woman forget her own name.


"Hello there, gorgeous Hazel," he said, closing the distance between us and placing a soft kiss at the corner of my lips that sent sparks shooting through my entire body. "You look even more stunning than usual tonight."


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