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Not to mention the huge power difference. It's maddening when you see such a strong, vibrant character as she was in the beginning become bullied into submission and we're supposed to accept that as love?!?
There needs to be balance. If the ml is going to be a batshit crazy villain then let the fl become his counterpart, not his next victim. She's freaking terrified, this type of coercion is not love!

Wait, did he restrain her in the brothel and forced her to watch him do it with a prostitute? What happened there?