Guiding Hazard

This is one of those stories where the author sets up a premise (“The MC never sleeps with guides”) and then immediately undermines it by making the MC throw himself at the love interest at the first opportunity. It’s a case of failing to show, rather than tell. It would feel more earned if they’d had more interaction to establish a level of trust before testing that trust. Refreshingly, the love interest has some restraint, so that’s a nice change of pace from the way these thing usually go.

It would feel less egregious if the author hadn’t made the MC’s initial attempt to seduce the love interest feel so premeditated (waiting for him in his office, sitting in his chair, naked with his feet propped up on the desk??).