The premise of this book is that a wealthy woman falls in love with someone on her security staff. The female lead directly asks the male lead if he feels coerced into having sex with her because she pays him. He says no. When the two decide to be a committed couple at the end of the book, the male lead quits and talks about pursuing other work in order to remove this conflict of interest and power dynamic. This decision to quit is framed as his own decision and was not prompted by the female lead. The female lead makes a passing comment about how she was groped when she was a teenager and that her father thought she was making it up. Prior to the events of the book, the female lead was kidnapped for ransom and has has PTSD as a result. Although there is no mention of any sexual assault involved with this kidnapping.