Mia suffers from touch starvation.For five years, her boyfriend Tyler has been the only person who knows the truth.
When another touch-starved episode hits, Mia goes to Tyler for help—only to catch him making out with Sloane. Instead of helping her, Tyler publicly humiliates her, sneering that she "can't survive without a man." Just as Mia is about to collapse, Liam—Tyler’s biggest rival—steps in and pulls her into his arms. To Mia’s shock, Liam’s touch works just as well. What starts as a strictly "medical" arrangement of necessary hugs soon blossoms into real feelings. By the time Tyler realizes Mia no longer needs him, it’s already too late.
Because Mia has finally found her own 'cure'.