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 stormed out of the apartment, desperate to keep my little one undisturbed. Rage coursed through my veins. The audacity of that woman to confront me like that! My fingers twitched with the urge to end her existence right then and there—to put a bullet between her eyes and make her vanish from this world permanently.


Spotting her on the sidewalk outside the building, I seized her elbow and yanked her around the corner. Blind fury consumed me, and I seriously contemplated pushing her into oncoming traffic. This woman was pushing every single one of my buttons, driving me to the edge of sanity.


"What the fuck are you doing here, Sasha?" I hissed through clenched teeth, summoning every ounce of self-control not to murder her in broad daylight.


"What do you think?" Her cynical expression nearly broke my restraint. I mentally counted to ten, fighting the impulse to wrap my fingers around her throat.


Chapter 463 - S3 Chapter 59 - Surrendering Maternal Control