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.

The moment she turned around, time stopped. 


Those green eyes. Bright and captivating like perfectly cut emeralds. Her full lips, the elegant curve of her neck, and that slender figure wrapped in a form-fitting dress that highlighted every delicious curve.


"Well, hello there," Damian's voice broke through my trance.


My jaw clenched involuntarily. The sight of my best friend openly admiring my new assistant sent an unexpected surge of irritation through my veins. 


"You must be the new assistant who argued with the boss," he continued with that charming smile that had women falling at his feet.


I watched her cheeks flush a delightful shade of pink as she stumbled over her words.


"I'm Damian Knight, VP and best friend of the grumpy man beside me," he introduced himself, extending his hand toward her. "And you're Hazel Vance."


Chapter 10 - Chapter 10 - An Intoxicating Presence