Rape flips a switch in my brain that makes every scene thereafter feel wrong. Doesn't matter how much the bottom physically "enjoys" it, I just feel cold to the whole thing after that and lose the motivation to keep reading. Will still try to finish it because I liked the earlier dynamics (masculine guys, taller bottom) but my investment is gone. That part was so unnecessary :/ Establishing consent just takes too much work I guess...
And of course they make the "rival" cartoonishly villainous just so the MC looks less bad in comparison. Who tf just tells some rando all of their motivations and misdeeds? Also doesn't make the MC any less of a selfish, rapist prick. The florist deserves someone else entirely, someone much better than our trashy MC
Literally all of the sex they ever had was rape except for the first time, which wasn't exactly consensual either (but just wasn't rape because the bottom did ask for and receive consent and was not being coercive). So... love that. Author clearly has a preferred type of sexual intercourse, noncon! Anyways, will add this to already read list later

Damn this was kinda cute at first but I hate rape so much. Biggest turn-off ever