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**Ethan Blackwood...**
Successful, disciplined, and respected by everyone around him, Ethan was the cold and distant CEO of the Blackwood Corporation. Before becoming a businessman, he had served in the military, leaving that life behind to build a successful career. To the world, he was a man who never showed his emotions-strong, untouchable, and impossible to understand.
But there was one thing no one knew.
Behind his calm expression, Ethan still carried the pain of his past and the memories of the people he had lost.
He had promised himself never to let anyone get close to him again.
Until he met **Hazel Brooks**.
Hazel was a young woman who had worked hard for everything she had. She never received the love she wanted from her family, but no matter how many times life rejected her, she refused to give up on her dreams. All she wanted was a chance to build a better future and work somewhere she would finally be appreciated.
One day, she came across a job opening for an assistant at **Blackwood Corporation**.
She had no idea that sending in her application would change her life forever.
For Hazel, it was just another job opportunity.
For Ethan...
It was the beginning of something he thought he would never feel again.
Their first meeting was far from perfect.
He was cold, strict, and haunted by his past.
She was stubborn, kind, and determined to keep smiling despite everything life had put her through.
At first, Ethan believed Hazel was only his new assistant.
But little by little, he realized she was much more than that.
She wasn't the person who disrupted his life.
She was the one who brought him back to it.
However, hidden secrets, dangerous enemies, and the painful scars they both carried would put their growing bond to the ultimate test.
Because some people don't enter our lives by accident.
They come to change us forever.
**A cold-hearted CEO...
A broken yet strong young woman...
And a love story