Dayton is in a place in his life where hes just about to give up on finding a suitable partner to start a family with. As a male omega over thirty, his biological clock is ticking louder and louder. If it werent for his mothers, he probably would have given up on dating already. Hes one of the few unlucky individuals whose pheromones smell nothing like the sweet, lovely scent they should. Following a string of unsuccessful relationships, he starts to believe that he might have to settle with either being alone or ending up with a beta, even to the dismay of his well-meaning parents.
Rowlands circumstances are a little complicated. No matter his successful career and good looks, theres no sugarcoating the fact that hes a thirty-eight-year-old divorcee with three children, at least one of which is becoming more and more of a handful by the day. Never having recovered from his wifes cruel departure, hes far too aware that his pheromone condition would be too much to handle for most people. When his mother sets him up on yet another blind date, he relents. Under the condition of it being the last.