One accidental claiming in a club bathroom. Weeks of professional distance. One early heat that changes everything.

Owen Harrington has spent weeks pretending Felix Ashford doesn't exist—even though they're bonded, even though Felix is working on his company's biggest campaign, and even though ignoring their mate bond gets harder every single day.

Owen doesn't do relationships. He barely does feelings. And he definitely doesn't call the alpha who accidentally claimed him when his carefully controlled life falls apart.

Until his heat hits three weeks early and Owen has a call the heat services he's used for years, or call the one person his omega won't stop screaming for.

He calls Felix.

What Owen expects is a professional transaction—an alpha to get him through his heat and then leave. What he gets is three days of Felix holding him, caring for him, and refusing to take what Owen keeps offering.

Because Felix won't touch his mate when he can't truly consent. He'll give Owen what he actually needs, not what his heat thinks he wants. And what Owen needs? To learn that vulnerability isn't weakness.

By the time his heat breaks, everything has changed. Felix has proven he'll put Owen first, always. Now Owen just has to figure out how to admit he doesn't want to be alone anymore—and ask his accidental mate to stay.

High-heat omegaverse romance featuring heat caretaking done right, a bossy omega learning to trust, and an alpha who refuses to give up on his mate.