
“I Want to kiss you” Our girl chose the best words to say out of all possible words. She is so witty, I love it!!! This is the one of best of all slowburn I’ve ever read. Add to that, the ML’s shyness is to die for when he asks to clarify their relationship. There’s no cliche uselsss pride getting in the way and their honesty is paying off. What a compatible pair.

I am 99% sure that ML is a psychopath. Raised in a dysfunctional household that was devoid of love plus his mother being mentally unsound, the odds aren't in his favor. That I can sympathize but not intentionally murdered a cat as child. That's just his nature and not the fault of circumstance. He is also insanely possessive and manipulative of the MC. It's not a romantic feeling, he just want to have MC like how a child wants his own favorite nice-looking toy and gets irritated of whoever covets it. It's an interesting character study, I admit, but also poor MC! He's starting to fall and get attached to this handsome fire dumpster TT

The plot is quite nonsensical at the start. It’s heartbreaking to see people who doesn’t know how to show love for each other. This is why I don’t like them not fulfilling my expectations of a happy marriage, but it’s feels real. I also see this in myself, like my birthdays are just now allowance day and others’ age gaining 1 year, so the story has meaning for me. The ML has shown to reflect and felt regret to MC, thinking he always did things too late and missed so many things as showing care and love wasn’t the priority in his own household. Please come! Redemption arc!
Man childhood friend and slow burn are some of my favorite tropes. They are literally so hot, like so hot. Most importantly, they have the cutest relationship I've seen in a long time. Glad Etty had him to confide in. I want Etty to squish everybody, he deserves everything good.