Forgot to say this, but if the SA turned out to be one of the MLs, I'm gonna immediately assume that the author wants to paint the other MLs in a bad light just so they can uplift the "main" love interest instead. I'm sorry, but even though if it turns out that the Duke is not the culprit, I'm still not gonna like him. The bar is so low for me to like him just because he did the bare minimum of not sexual assaulting someone.
Forgot to say this, but if the SA turned out to be one of the MLs, I'm gonna immediately assume that the author wants to paint the other MLs in a bad light just so they can uplift the "main" love interest instead. I'm sorry, but even though if it turns out that the Duke is not the culprit, I'm still not gonna like him. The bar is so low for me to like him just because he did the bare minimum of not sexual assaulting someone.