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?

I bolted through my front door, desperate to escape before Adrian could convince me to come home with him. My body was still humming with need, every nerve ending alive from his touch. He was everything that made my pulse race - devastatingly handsome, charming beyond reason, and dangerously sexy. The scent of his cologne still clung to my skin, making it impossible to think straight. But despite every instinct screaming at me to give in, I had to resist. My manager had switched my schedule last minute, and I needed to be at work early tomorrow morning.


I headed straight for the bathroom, hoping a cold shower would extinguish the fire burning through my veins. The icy water did little to cool my heated thoughts of Adrian's hands on my body, his lips against my neck. I was toweling off when my phone buzzed against the nightstand. Adrian's name lit up the screen.


Adrian: "You smell incredible. Even better than I dreamed."


Chapter 234 - S2 Chapter 18 - Midnight Texting and Video Te