I don’t think the love is forced, but it’s definitely toxic. I think Dan started to fall for JK because he would do something out of character right after being mean to Dan. It’s just manipulative. Dan thinks that he is special to him in those rare moments where JK is kind to him. I carry on reading even tho it’s annoying because same author did this in Bj Alex too. The angst, revenge and regret is portrayed so well there. Also the character development is written so good. So im expecting the same from this manhwa.

Dan's love for JK came out of left field. I get that JK visited his grandmother and paid for her treatments, and that definitely creates feelings of gratitude, but JK still hasn't improved his treatment of him and has even gotten worse because of dieting and his shoulder. So Dan going from feeling genuine fear to falling in love, makes him feel more like a writer's prop than a character to me, especially since he's almost 30 years old. Maybe that's what creates the lack of chemistry between the main couple and the reader's difficulty to relate to Dan . If the ML is going to be cruel the bottom should be resilient, and I don't mean bratty, just more pragmatic. That's what creates chemistry. Anyway, it's a fun and enjoyable manhwa, don't get me wrong, with great art and plot, but definitely, at least for now, inferior to BJ Alex.