???

I like the story, I’m hooked. But, no way in hell this would turn into a good relationship in real life. No matter if he tells him, comes clean, confesses. As someone who has basically no friends, if i got this close to someone (to ML two people actually, the girl and his subordinate) and found out that they lied and manipulated to change me, to get me to be a better boss… I couldn’t even look at that person anymore. And it doesn’t matter that MC likes him, and wanted to be close. He complained about him, to him, and told him how to change. If ML thinks about that, how could he believe that MC ever had pure intentions. In real life you would never believe that someone is a good person, if they do what MC done (get close to you in disguise, and find stuff out about you, then get close to you as their real self). The only reason we don’t hate MC, because as readers, we see his thoughts, and know he is not a bad person. (A bit crazy tho, because no sane person would do this, and think they can get away with it.)

I like that MC is about to come clean by himself, and it’s not a stereotypical “gotcha” moment. (at least that’s how it looks like at this point). But realistically this would only give ML life long trust issues.

Still, I will read on, at least let the delulu exist in a story. I want to see them be together.