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The love interest in this story has so much dissonance between his actions and words. I really like how he cares deeply for the mc, but that wonderful trait of his is undermined by his inability to understand the word NO during sex. What makes him different from the master then??? What makes it worse is obviously the mc has trauma bec. of the sexual abuse he experienced from the master. That's why it felt to me like the love interest is making light of his situation despite showing understanding. And I don't think the author will address his behaviour bec. they often portray those non-con scenes as light hearted.
As a reader, I feel like I'm being gaslighted by the author to think that the love interest have the the mcs best interest at heart even when he doesn't respect him enough to stop when he feels uncomfortable ehile having sex. It's such a shame bec. I really like the dynamics between them two and the non-con sex makes their relationship feel hollow.