To escape the wedding of her backstabbing cousin and ex-boyfriend, Hazel Vance seeks oblivion at a masquerade ball. A passionate, anonymous encounter leaves her with a son, the only clue to his father a pair of striking, violet-blue eyes. Three years later, she becomes the executive assistant to Liam Sterling, an influential and notoriously difficult CEO whose gaze feels hauntingly familiar. But Liam wants nothing to do with his new assistant; he is obsessed with finding a woman who vanished into the night, the one ghost he can’t forget.

After the shopping center incident, I refused to step foot outside. My pregnancy had become increasingly demanding, leaving me drained and heavy. Every movement felt like carrying lead weights through thick honey.


We pulled Leo from daycare immediately. Making it easy for Julian to find him seemed foolish when we knew he was circling like a predator waiting for the perfect moment to strike.


Noah had been discharged and was doing his physical therapy in our guest room. The attack left no permanent damage, but he moved differently now. More cautiously. We all did.


Julian had vanished completely after the mall confrontation. Our tech team discovered surveillance software embedded in multiple company devices, but the insider remained a ghost. Tobias now controlled the entire technology department with an iron fist, monitoring every digital whisper.


Chapter 202 - Chapter 202 - Missing Child