i read the novel a little while back so the details might not be correct, over all what happens is ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ML will find out MC was his rut partner when he pretends to go into rut (MC asks if he wants MC to deal with it and ML said no, he will do his usual and go to the villa... MC knows the creepy secretary will try to force him again). MC pretends to go into rut and is taken to the villa where the secretary brings MC a naked & blindfolded MC and locks him in the room with the blindfolded ML (who is pretending)... this incident ends with ML finding out how MC is the rut partner and how he was treated + ML starts to investigate the creepy secretary (MC has no idea that ML was pretending nor the fact that her found out about MC being his rut partner.
the OG MC is making MC feel excluded/ not welcome at work...they day MC puts in his notice,
creepy secretary will showup at MC's work and has a conversation with MC that triggers him. (seeing the secretary gives MC trauma responses) MC bolts and runs. while on the run he regrets not taking his cat.
ML goes in extreme panic mode trying to track down MC. while MC is missing, ML finds out all the details of the investigation of the secretary and what happened to MC when he was a rut partner.
there is a heavy snow storm that makes finding MC harder (MC is stranded/can't leave the current town he is in due to the storm). The secretary is hunting down MC while the ML is also on a search. it is a race between ML and the secretary of who can fins MC first or if MC can run away fast enough!

Can someone spoile the rest of the story?