
can anyone tell me which chapter should i start reading from?? i’ve heard there’s a ton of toxic behavior/rape at the beginning and i want to skip all of that shit - also, would i still be able to understand the story if i do so? lmao

Spoilers below
But basically Mc was righthand man in a mafia/gang where only a few people have ever seen the boss. MC was stabbed by an underling who was a spy on orders from a rival and left in an alley where he was found by ml (police inspector) and saved but arrested b/c he was mafia. Once he's let out he works at this flower shop instead of going back but since he never gave up information on the gang or the boss the ml comes to harass him and r*pes him brutally right in the shop as a powerplay. After that he keeps going back trying to get information out of Mc and Mc refuses. One of the old members who worked under him gets attacked by that rival and so Mc goes to confront the rivals and basically tells him to keep his hands off his people but ml thinks he abandoned him and went back to his old life so when Mc comes back he r*pes him again and stabs a piece glass in his hand. Afterwards he feels a little guilty so he cleans it up. Basically just comes and goes for a few chapters on the premise of prying information.
Then the rival kidnaps the lady who led mc to working at the flower shop as bait so he goes and gets attacked and beat up and ML freaks out seeing him almost dead and kills the underling who stabbed him and now almost killed him. Thinking Mc is dead ML regrets and smashes his own hand with his gun and sobs and has a breakdown because he finally realizes his feelings
Then he finds Mc is alive and after that his groveling/redemption arc starts

32 chapters in and i still don’t see any genuine love between them.. seme is only acting like that because of the babies, and uke is only doing all that for his grandpa

yeah i totally get it! the premise is interesting and the art style is really lovely, my only criticism is the portrayal of their “romance” - i love slow burns but this doesn’t really feel like one, i don’t see any slow romantic progression between them at all. him already being pregnant when neither of them have feelings for each other makes it less special imo :/ (this isn’t a hate comment btw, i just wanted to share my thoughts).
ALREADY??? i feel like the season started yesterday wtf do we know how many months until season 2?