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she's an illegitimate child of the ML's family. Her stepfather ab*sed her (what a piece of tr*sh!) leaving her with a lot of trauma. The part of the novel where she's scared of a toy wrench because her stepfather (a car mechanic) used to hit her with one made me want to beat that son of a bit*h up, and when the ML's sister started saying "don't hit me" during a thunderstorm because her stepfather was more likely to ab*se her when it rained because he would get less customers... gah, I wish I could break that bastard's leg. What a horrible excuse for a human being.
[collapse] - but it makes me happy that she and the MC could bond.The ML is a 28 year old CEO (of course LOL) and an alumni of the MC's university. He's the teasing sort of gong and generally likeable. It's cute how early he fell for the MC despite acting like he hasn't, which is kind of funny considering how h**ny he is for the MC all the time. Their relationship is definitely a slow burn, but I liked that their mutual feelings developed gradually. The s*xual tension between them was *mwah*, even with it being accidental on the MC's part most of the time, and I thought his attempts at seducing the ML were hilarious (if I had a nickel every time the MC bought food and gave it to the ML pretending he made it, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot of money but it's still weird that it happened twice LOL).However I still had a few gripes, as mentioned earlier. The first is that I couldn't find the car scenes LMFAO, which made me sad, but on a more serious note, I thought how the ML acted after the reveal (which was around chapter 80 ish for those of you who want to know) was annoying.SpoilerActually, this goes even before the reveal, but I thought the conscious decision of the ML to treat the MC as a child was irritating. I mean, I'm okay with age gap, but I thought that his actions because of that decision gave off a holier-than-thou impression. It may just be because I don't like these types of interactions/MLs, but the constant referral of the MC as a "child" was a bit much.
It got especially annoying after the reveal, where the ML decides to teach the MC "a lesson". I'm not saying the ML doesn't have the right to be upset - he absolutely does considering that the MC approached him with ill intentions and was trying to use him. The MC apologizes and tries to cut off contact, but the ML decides that he's not going to let the MC go and "keeps" him, fully knowing that the MC actually does have feelings for him. This isn't done in a malicious way or anything (again, the angst is still mixed with fluff and humor) but then the ML purposely goes to a club (where he's going to be "attended" to) and lets the MC know. This is to teach him that lesson and make the MC realize he does like the ML after all, and all I can say is really? You know the MC's ex cheated on him, and you're going to do something very similar to him again? Yeah, the MC and the ML aren't dating at this point, but it just felt bad to see the MC doubt himself and get upset. There were much better ways to get him to recognize his feelings, but no, the ML had to choose the one option that would reinforce to the MC that the ML is just "keeping" him and that he has no right to be upset (here comes the angst!).
The ML doesn't actually do anything and comes home to the MC shortly after, but the "lessons" that occurred after the reveal irritated me. Not enough to make me not enjoy the novel, but still something I thought was worth ranting about.
[collapse]Anyway, I liked this novel overall. 4.0/5.0 stars from me :)
