The episode opens with a woman desperately telling a man not to touch her, to which he replies that her body disagrees. Their tense moment is interrupted when his assistant enters to schedule meetings. The man, revealed to be her boss, abruptly orders the assistant to leave and threatens to fire her if she stays. Later, the woman visits a doctor who is alarmed that she has exhausted a month's worth of suppressants in a week. He reveals her sudden, intense heat is because her fated mate is nearby. The episode ends on a shocking note as the doctor prescribes the only safe solution: she must sleep with him.