Taming the Heir: Pushing Buttons

Taming the Heir: Pushing Buttons Episode Guide

1. EP 1: The New Bodyguard

   Miles Carter proves his physical prowess by snapping a tree and defeating manor guards while blindfolded. The Ashford butler explains that Elliot Ashford has been confined to a wheelchair due to trauma from a fatal crash. The butler offers Miles $100,000 to get Elliot out of his room. Miles ignores Elliot's furious protests and dodges the electric wheelchair. Then he carries the young heir outside. Elliot's mother witnesses her son raise his arm in anger. She hires Miles on the spot despite Elliot's bitter warning.

2. EP 2: A Price on Departure

   House maids whisper about the aggressive new bodyguard throwing stones at Elliot's window. Butler Thomas scolds the staff, while Elliot's mother welcomes any tactic that draws an emotional response from her son. Inside the bedroom, Elliot orders Thomas to hand Miles a check for three million dollars to fire him. Miles accepts the money cheerfully and steps out. In the hallway, Elliot's mother stops Miles for a private conversation. Inside a study, Miles spots an old photograph of Elliot and his late father holding a trophy.

3. EP 3: Breaking the Hunger Strike

   Elliot's mother explains that the car crash caused Elliot's psychological paralysis. She offers Miles three million dollars to stay. Miles shreds the check and scatters the pieces over Elliot's head. He promises to take payment only after the heir can stand. Elliot tries a hunger strike to assert control. Miles responds by staging an eating broadcast with fast food directly in front of him. When Elliot refuses to eat, Miles forces food into his mouth and threatens to feed him mouth-to-mouth.

4. EP 4: A Spark of Motion

   Miles pushes Elliot outside into the garden and pins a fresh red rose onto his shirt. Elliot demands distance, but Miles insists a bodyguard must stay close. Miles then grabs a garden hose and drenches the seated heir with cold water. Next, Miles taunts Elliot to hit him and dashes across the lawn. Elliot clenches his right hand into a tight fist and speeds his wheelchair in pursuit. The butler drops his tablet in shock. Elliot's mother watches from the terrace. She is stunned by her son's physical movement.

5. EP 5: Manual Control

   The butler warns the aggressive trainer that Elliot's temper could bring severe consequences. Undeterred, the caretaker breaks into the bedroom while the heir is inside the bathroom. The trainer begins dismantling the automated conveniences and the electric wheelchair. He installs manual hardware instead. He insists that Elliot must turn on his own taps and switches. Trapped behind the closed bathroom door, Elliot struggles with the manual knob. He finally turns it with his own hand and steps through the doorway to find his exhausted caretaker resting nearby.

6. EP 6: Unwelcome Visitors

   Miles childproofs the room to protect Elliot from accidents. He tapes the furniture corners and replaces fragile glassware with a plastic straw cup. Miles also uncovers a hidden painting of Elliot and a red-haired woman. The woman, Elliot's fiancée Victoria, suddenly walks in and complains about the messy room. She tries to touch Elliot with sweet words, but Elliot turns her away with cold fury. Victoria bristles at the dismissal. She vents her humiliation on Miles and orders him not to touch anything that belongs to the estate.

7. EP 7: Drawing the Line

   The butler moves Victoria into a guest room so Elliot can rest. Victoria is furious at the slight. She marches into Elliot's room while he peels an apple. Miles steps in to shield Elliot and tosses a knife onto the table to set a physical boundary. Victoria demands the maids remove the bodyguard, but Miles slides a heavy marble table across the floor to block her path. Elliot speaks up and declares that keeping Miles is his own choice. Victoria storms out, and Miles finishes his apple in silence.

8. EP 8: A Secret Recorded

   Miss Hale mocks Miles for his underground fight background and calls Elliot a cripple. Miles flips his knife past her ear to pin a spider to a tree. He warns her to stop insulting his employer. Later, Miles tests Elliot's hand strength by handing him a metal cup. Elliot briefly grips it before dropping it in defeat, but Miles praises his progress. Miss Hale secretly films Elliot holding the cup. She sends the footage to a corporate conspirator, who orders a phone contact to eliminate Miles before Elliot can recover.

9. EP 9: Family Confrontation

   Dominic shows Grandfather a dossier of photos detailing Miles's history in underground street fighting. Grandfather summons Elliot and demands to know why a thug was brought into the house. Elliot stands firm and defends the contract. Miles walks in chewing bubble gum and refuses Grandfather's order to leave. He explains that he answers only to Elliot and Mrs. Ashford. Grandfather loses his patience over the bodyguard's insolence. He orders Elliot and the staff out of the room. Dominic stays behind with a sinister smirk as the heavy doors close.

Characters

• Miles Carter

  Bodyguard and trainer

  A street fighter hired to protect Elliot Ashford, using blunt and unconventional tactics to push the paralyzed heir back into life.

• Elliot Ashford

  Ashford Group heir

  The traumatized heir confined to a wheelchair after his father's murder, fighting against isolation while his relatives plot his downfall.

• Catherine Ashford

  Elliot's mother

  The determined matriarch who hires Miles, willing to try any method to spark a recovery in her grieving son.

• Victoria

  Elliot's fiancée

  An arrogant socialite who tries to control Elliot's household and turns hostile when Miles blocks her access to him.

• Dominic

  Elliot's cousin

  A scheming relative who orchestrated the fatal crash and plots to get Miles dismissed before Elliot can recover his inheritance.

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