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 gathered with the crew at the Community Guild's upscale restaurant, ready to back Liam through his latest drama with Hazel. Sure, she had every right to be furious, but loyalty meant standing by your brother even when he screwed up royally. What had me on edge was Owen and Noah's warning that the women were plotting some kind of coordinated revenge campaign thanks to Liam's mess.


Noah dropped the bombshell that Chloe had assembled all the girls at Hazel's command, and my mind raced wondering where they could be plotting our downfall.


"Anyone have intel on their location?" I pressed, hoping to intercept Stella before whatever feminine warfare they were planning escalated. We had plans tonight, and maybe I could extract her from their war council.


Chapter 235 - S2 Chapter 19 - Brotherhood Loyalty and High