Elena hides a shameful secret: a rare hyperarousal disorder that requires daily medication. A blizzard strands her with her billionaire boss, Silas—who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend’s stepfather. Her pills are 300 miles away. When the sound of a couple having sex leaks through the motel walls and Silas’s fingers brush her cheek, Elena’s body ignites. She shatters from his touch alone. That night, she loses her virginity to him, sobbing, “You are my medicine.” Silas doesn’t offer comfort. He declares, “Until your pills arrive, I am your medicine.” From that moment on, she is no longer his assistant—but his priso
