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 drive home seemed interminable. My mind raced with suspicions of my father's machinations, convinced he was plotting to sabotage what Maya and I had built together. I needed a strategy to counter whatever he might attempt. The visit to my parents had accomplished nothing positive. Now, an irrational dread of losing my little one consumed me, intensifying my longing for her presence.


I arrived at our apartment tense and on edge. She was waiting, dinner already prepared on the table. Without uttering a single word, I seized her by the waist, lifted her from the ground, and kissed her urgently—desperately—my heart heavy with unspoken fears. She matched my intensity, wrapping her legs around my waist as she returned the kiss.


My mind went blank except for one overwhelming desire—to be inside her, to feel her as mine completely. I pinned her against the wall, consumed by urgent need.


Chapter 462 - S3 Chapter 58 - Desperate Wall Surrender